Biography of Private Walter Sandall (95973)
18th Squadron Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
Formerly 1st/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry (1878)
Died 24th October 1918
Soldier
- Name: Walter Sandall
- Date of birth: 1893
- Place of Birth: Rippingale, Lincolnshire, England
- Date of Birth Registration: April – June 1893
- Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father
- Name: Edward John Sandall
- DOB: 1859
- Place of Birth: Kirkby Underwood, Lincolnshire, England
- Occupation: Farm labourer
Mother
- Name: Mary Pridmore
- DOB: 1861
- Place Of Birth: Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England
- Marriage: 1881 Bourne District
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)
- John William Sandall, 1882, Kirkby Underwood
- Emily Sandall, 1885, Kirkby Underwood
- Harriet Annie Sandall, 1886, Kirkby Underwood
- Sarah Elizabeth Sandall, 1887, Kirkby Underwood
- Herbert Sandall, 1889, Kirkby Underwood
- Albert Sandall, 1890, Rippingale
- Walter Sandall, 1893, Rippingale
- Mabel Sandall, 1895, Rippingale
- Norris Sandall, 1901, Rippingale
Census
- 1901: Walter is living with his parents in Rippingale, Lincolnshire
- 1911: Walter is living with the Whatton family in Scredington. The census gives him an age of 18 and he is listed as a Horseman on farm.
Relatives in services
- Walter’s brother’s John and cousins John Thomas Wyer, Edmund Wyer, William Wyer, Robert Wilson Wyer and Harry Sandall also fought and was killed in WW1. His brother John can be found on our page dedicated to the Rippingale War Memorial. William, Edmund, Robert and Harry can be found on the Haconby War Memorial and John on the Kirkby Underwood War Memorial.
Marriage
- No marriage for Walter has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.
Newspaper Mentions
- Grantham Journal Saturday 23rd November 1918
RIPPINGALE
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE were held in the Parish Church on Sunday, also a memorial service in the afternoon for W. Sandall and C. Sharp
- Lincolnshire Echo Friday 12th September 1919
At Rippingale it is proposed to make a house to house collection for the War Memorial Cross, to be erected at the estimated cost of £250, to the honoured memory of those who served in the great war, especially the fallen, those whp made the supteme sacrifice from here being: Arthur Hill, George Hill, Frank Kime, George Daff Pollard, John William Sandall, Walter Sandall, Charles Sharpe, Walter Scarborough, and Arthur Thompson.
Military Records
Attestation Papers
- Available
Soldier’s Died In The Great War
- These records show that Private Walter Sandall, 95973, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) was killed in action on 24th October 1918 in the Asiatic Theatre.
Pension Records
- Available
Effects Left To
- Father Edward J
Medals
- The British Medal
- The Victory Medal
- The 15 Star
Memorials
- UK:
- Rippingale, outside memorial at St Andrew’s Church
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In Memory of Private Walter Sandall, 95973, 18th Squadron Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) who died on 24 October 1918.
- Remembered with Honour Beirut War Cemetery
- Grave Ref: Bay 3 and 4
© The War Graves Photographic Project
© The War Graves Photographic Project
Military Service Timeline:
- This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources
- WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
- British Newspaper Archive.
- Fold 3
- Find My Past
- Genealogist
- Forces War Records
- British Army Service Numbers
- War Gratuity Calculator
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
- General Registry Office