Born: 1886
Died: 30 July 1916
Buried: No nown grave
Address: 60 Institute Road, Eccleshill
Parents: John and Martha, nee Craven
Spouse:
Siblings: Nine
Occupation:
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: L Cpl
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Eccleshill, Park & St Luke’s; Pozieres Memorial
Children:
Regiment: Duke of Wellington’s
John Sanders
John Sanders was born in 1886 in
Bramley the ninth of ten children of
John and Martha, nee Craven.
By 1911 John and Martha had
moved to 60 Institute Road in
Eccleshill and John at 61 years of
age described himself as a
pensioned boiler riveter. Only their
youngest child Willie was still
living at home.
The fact that John jnr enlisted on
the 9th of September 1914 as LCpl
12248 in the 10th Battalion of the
Duke of Wellington West Riding
Regiment, suggests he may have
been werving as a soldier at the
time of the 1911 census.
His Battalion landed in Le Havre at
the end of August 1915 but did not
take part in any battle until the
Battles of the Somme on the 1st
July 1916.
The 23rd Division were heavily
involved from day one and he
fought in the Battle of Albert 1st to
13th July when his division
captured Contalmaison on the 9th
of July.
There followed the Battle of
Bazentin Ridge from the 14th to
17th of July and finally for John the
Battle of Pozieres from the 23rd
July to the 3rd September.
John went missing on or near the
30th of July when death was
presumed. He was 30 years of age.
He is remembered at the Pozieres
British Cemetery and Memorial in
memory of the men who fought on
the Somme battlefields and who
have no known grave.
John left his effects to his father
John who received £8.17.11d on
the 14th of August 1917 and a War
Gratuity of £8.10.0d on the 14th of
October 1919.
.
Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
