W.+SANDERSON

__Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919__

Sanderson, Thomas Walter, Gunner, 37218, Royal Artillery Born Newmarket, Cambs Enlisted Rocester, Staffs Died of wounds France & Flanders 26th August 1918

__Commonwealth War Graves Commission__ (www.cwgc.org) B Battery, 76th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Aged 23 Son of Harry and Mary Adah Sanderson, of Cheesecake Farm, Norton, Malton, Yorks Buried in St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevent, N, 24

__Ashbourne News, 6th September 1918__

The family formerly lived in Osmaston. A letter was sent to his parents from Corporal Upwend, of his battery, stating that Thomas had been wounded in the head by a piece of shrapnel, and that he died within ‘a few hours’