World War 1
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Harry Sanderson
Forename(s):
Harry
Surname:
Sanderson
Initial(s):
H
Service Number:
Officer
Rank:
Major
(Acting; Temporary Captain)
Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery, 65th Brigade, 'A' Battery
Died:
23/04/1917
Aged:
46
Buried:
Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
Service History:
Joined the Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery as a Private in September 1914. Obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in May, 1915, & promoted Captain the following August.
Served with the Expeditionary Force in France & Flanders from January 1916, & was killed in action at Monchy, during the Battale of Arras, 23 April, 1917.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-18; Part 4; Page 178 [also, available via Ancestry.co.uk]).
Background:
Born 2 March, 1871, at Knowe Park, Galashiels, Selkirk, Scotland, son of the late Robert Sanderson (of Galashiels, partner in the firm of Messrs. P. & R. Sanderson, Woollen Manufacturere), & his wife, Elizabeth (née Cochrane).
Educated at Galashiels Academy, Leeds University, & at Bremen, Germany. Subsequently became a Partner in the same firm as his father.
Sanderson married at Hoebridge, Melrose, 14 June 1900, Veronica (daughter of Alexander Rutherford). They had three children: Marion Veronica (b. 3 June, 1901); Elizabeth Cochrane (b. 7 April, 1904); & Robert Kennedy (b. 31 December, 1908).
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-18; Part 4; Page 178 [also, available via Ancestry.co.uk])
Local Memorial:
Bamburgh Castle War Memorial