Basic Details
Surname
Donaldson
Forenames
Sam
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Samuel
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He enlisted when 16 and so under age, was injured by a horse at Haddington Park, Surrey and then wounded by shrapnel at Arras on east Monday, 9th April 1917. He died of gangrene in the City Hospital Sheffield just over a fortnight later and was buried in the village on 28th April, 1917. He is also commemorated on IWM 2860.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Sheffield
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Sowerby
Cemetery
St Peter's Churchyard
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
25
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds