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Rifleman THOMAS SANDS

Service Number: B/2115
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 January 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLNE VALLEY CEMETERY

B. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jeanie Sands, of "Oaklea," Darvel, Newmilns, Ayrshire. Educated at Moray House, Edinburgh. Eleven years teacher in Larkhall Academy. Enlisted August, 1914.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH ONE WHO NEVER TURNED HIS BACK BUT MARCHED BREAST FORWARD
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