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Surname: SANDBERG
Forename(s): John Horatio Lloyd
Place of Birth: Langcliffe, Yorkshire
Service No: M2/101773
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Battalion / Unit: 8th G.H.Q. Reserve Mechanical Transport Coy
Division: ---
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1918-12-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. D. 23.
CWGC Cemetery: PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
John Horatio Lloyd Sandberg was the son of Samuel and Mary Sandberg, née Burton. Samuel was born at Lissa, Prussia and Mary at Luddington, Lincolnshire.
1891 Langcliffe, Yorkshire Census: Vicarage - J. Horatio L. Sandberg, aged 3 years, born Langcliffe, son of Samuel and Mary Sandberg.
1901 Wantage, Berkshire Census: Portway - Horatio L. Sandberg, aged 13 years, born Langcliffe, Yorkshire. Boarder/Pupil.
1911 Cricklewood, Middlesex Census: 1, Cranhurst Road - John Horatio Lloyd Sandberg, aged 23 years, born Langcliffe, Yorkshire, son of Mary Sandberg, widow.
John was married to Mary Hudson in 1914.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John H.L. Sandberg, M2/101773, Army Service Corps. Theatre of War first served in: ( - ). Date of entry therein: ( - ).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Army Service Corps
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13 December 1918
LANGCLIFFE – Death of a Former Vicar's Son
We regret to record the death of Mr. Jack Sandberg, youngest son of the late Rev. S. Sandberg, formerly vicar of Langcliffe. He had been serving during the whole of the war in France in the M.T., A.S.C., and had done splendid work. He was advancing with the British Army into Germany when he was taken ill with influenza, of which he died 10 days later on December 4th in a Casualty Clearing Station between Premont and Bohain. He leaves a widow and a little girl.
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