Basic Details
Surname
Sansom
Forenames
G
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was originally from Wetherden in Suffolk and was married to Martha Berth and worked as a goods guard at Sowerby Bridge Railway Station before, as a Reservist, he was called up in August 1914. He was in France within 2 months but was soon hospitalised with 'Strain': he died a week after he returned to his unit the following spring. This was the only memorial in Calderdale that they found him commemorated on but he is on the Le Touret Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Year of death
1915
Month of death
March
Day of death
18
Age at death
29
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action