Billy Fish
Striker
If you PM me I can send you a copy of the Attestation form for Thomas Sanderson 1541Hmmm - that last bit doesn’t sound right based on the family tales. He joined up as part of a recruitment drive ( I assume as the war was on) ... and had to lie about his age as he was over 40.
So if he joined up in 1915/1916 that would have meant he was born early 1870s.
I’ve asked my cousin to check with my uncle to see if he knows any more.
There were (at least) 2 Thomas Sandersons in the Tyneside Scottish that died in ww1, based on the family tradition that he died on the first day of the Somme I’m pretty sure this is the right one though.
There also appears to be a Thomas Sanderson from Newcastle who was a bombardier in the RFA but doesn't appear to have been killed in 1916