Service No: 21/1541
Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers, 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.
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During WW1, Thomas Sanderson 19, enlisted in the 21st Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Scottish);(No. 21/1541). He was killed advancing across the Somme battlefield on the first day of battle, reportedly blown apart during the enemy shelling.
"OUR TOM"...
Blown to smithereens they said,
no grave to visit, much less mourn.
Your name's inscribed at Thiepval
catching the rays of early dawn.
Some corner of a foreign field
are words more poignant now....
Your shattered bones are churned anew
beneath the autumn plough.
(Sonia G...)
Tom's plaque has now been erected on the Wall of Remembrance at Auchonviller's, which was a WW1 aid station just a short distance from the Somme battlefield.
Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers, 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.
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During WW1, Thomas Sanderson 19, enlisted in the 21st Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Scottish);(No. 21/1541). He was killed advancing across the Somme battlefield on the first day of battle, reportedly blown apart during the enemy shelling.
"OUR TOM"...
Blown to smithereens they said,
no grave to visit, much less mourn.
Your name's inscribed at Thiepval
catching the rays of early dawn.
Some corner of a foreign field
are words more poignant now....
Your shattered bones are churned anew
beneath the autumn plough.
(Sonia G...)
Tom's plaque has now been erected on the Wall of Remembrance at Auchonviller's, which was a WW1 aid station just a short distance from the Somme battlefield.
Service No: 21/1541
Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers, 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.
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During WW1, Thomas Sanderson 19, enlisted in the 21st Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Scottish);(No. 21/1541). He was killed advancing across the Somme battlefield on the first day of battle, reportedly blown apart during the enemy shelling.
"OUR TOM"...
Blown to smithereens they said,
no grave to visit, much less mourn.
Your name's inscribed at Thiepval
catching the rays of early dawn.
Some corner of a foreign field
are words more poignant now....
Your shattered bones are churned anew
beneath the autumn plough.
(Sonia G...)
Tom's plaque has now been erected on the Wall of Remembrance at Auchonviller's, which was a WW1 aid station just a short distance from the Somme battlefield.
Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers, 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.
~
During WW1, Thomas Sanderson 19, enlisted in the 21st Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Scottish);(No. 21/1541). He was killed advancing across the Somme battlefield on the first day of battle, reportedly blown apart during the enemy shelling.
"OUR TOM"...
Blown to smithereens they said,
no grave to visit, much less mourn.
Your name's inscribed at Thiepval
catching the rays of early dawn.
Some corner of a foreign field
are words more poignant now....
Your shattered bones are churned anew
beneath the autumn plough.
(Sonia G...)
Tom's plaque has now been erected on the Wall of Remembrance at Auchonviller's, which was a WW1 aid station just a short distance from the Somme battlefield.
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