1883
sibling
Emily Sanders
Source:8524790
1883
1885
sibling
Edith Sanders
Source:8524790
1885
1886
sibling
John Sanders
Source:8524790
1886
1888
sibling
Ethel Sanders
Source:8524790
1888
1890
sibling
Thomas Sanders
Source:8524790
1890
1893
sibling
Mary Louise Sanders
Source:8524791
1893
1901
location
Weston Grove, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
parents address
Source:8524790
1901
1911
location
3 Shand Grove, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
parents address
Source:8524791
1911
1914
enlistment
Leeds, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Source:3892934
9th November 1914
1914
service
British Army
Private
3203
West Yorkshire Regiment
1/7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion
Source:3892934
9th November 1914
1916
awards
Victoria Cross (VC)
British Award/Decoration
Source:7943723
1st July 1916
1916
service
British Army
Corporal
265913
West Yorkshire Regiment
1/7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion
Source:3892934
1st July 1916
1916
theatres
France & Belgium: 1a
Source:7943723
1st July 1916
1917
commission
Temporary
Source:8524767
27th June 1917
1917
service
British Army
Temporary Second Lieutenant
West Yorkshire Regiment
1/6th Battalion
Source:8524772
27th June 1917 - 26th October 1918
1917
appointments
Company Commander, C Coy 1/6th Bn West Yorks Regt
Source:8524784
20th December 1917 - 25th April 1918
1917
service
British Army
Acting Captain
West Yorkshire Regiment
1/6th Battalion
Source:8524784
20th December 1917 - 20th March 1919
1918
awards
Military Cross (MC)
British Award/Decoration
Source:8524784
25th April 1918
1918
hospitalisation
Wounded
Hospital/Institution
Source:8524784
25th April 1918
1918
internment
pow
Source:7943718
25th April 1918 - 26th December 1918
1918
missing
During an action around the Grand Bois, Sanders "was last seen on top of a pill box near his company headquarters, firing his revolver at point blank range till he fell."
Source:8524784
25th April 1918
1918
service
British Army
Temporary Lieutenant
West Yorkshire Regiment
1/6th Battalion
Source:8524776
26th October 1918 - 20th March 1919
1919
discharge
Source:8524776
20th March 1919
education
Little Holbeck School
Leeds, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Source:8524790
employment
Apprentice Fitter
Airedale Foundry
Leeds, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Source:8524791
hospitalisation
Wounded
Hospital/Institution
Source:6975687
1950
death
Unknown
Died after a long illness
St James' Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Source:7943723
4th April 1950
burial
Cottingley Cremetorium
Non-War Cemetery
Leeds, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Source:7943723