Photo: James Pasby
Photo: James Pasby
Photo: James Pasby
Photo: James Pasby
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson, of Ash Tree House, Tudhoe, Spennymoor, Co. Durham; husband of Agnes McNeil Sanderson, of 25, Perth Rd., Dundee.
In Spennymoor (Tudhoe) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:-
In loving memory
of
John Richard
beloved husband of
Isabella Sanderson
who died 27th September 1914
aged 59 years
Also of Isabella
beloved wife of the above
who died 6th August 1948
aged 92 years
Also of their son
Lieut.
C. Sanderson
D.S.O.
1st Batt. Gordon Highlanders
who was killed in action
on Infantry Hill Monghy
Arras France 18th June 1917
aged 29 years
Also of their son
Pte.
William Sanderson
Machine Gun Corps
who died of wounds received
in France 19th October 1917
aged 35 years
The Newcastle Daily Chronicle 01/04/1916 reports:
A Tudhoe D.S.M.
Second Lieut. Christopher Sanderson, 25, 1st Gordon Highlanders, who has been awarded the D.S.M. for conspicuous gallantry, is now on leave in England suffering from a slight flesh wound and an attack of neurasthenia. He hails from Tudhoe near Spennymoor, Co. Durham, and in M.A. of St. Andrew's University.
Christopher Sanderson is remembered at Spennymoor on S131.02, S131.11 and S131.15, at Tudhoe Grange on T61.02 and at Tudhoe Village on T65.01 and T65.02
He is also remembered in the NUT List of Teachers who Fell, Teachers who Served and Teachers who won Military Honours
