In Memory
of George Sanderson b.27.7.1925
- d.3.6.1988 - "My Dad"
George enlisted at Brancepeth,
County Durham on 28th Oct 1942 stating his DOB as 24th July 1924
- please note he lied! He was actually only 16 years old.
Most of his time was in
the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) and on 14h Nov 1943 he became
part of the 10th batallion.
11th
June 1944 he embarked from the UK with the 10th Bn.
22 June 1944
he was disembarked: "Wounded BW (mortar) Lt foot. GSW Rt
arm. Re-embarked NW Europe and evacuated to UK on 22nd June"
(aged 18 years + 11 months)
 
I never spoke to him about
D-Day when he was alive. He never offered to talk about it and
as a younger person I never asked as I did not realise the significance.
I do now!
Growing up I remember
the scar on his right arm and I even recall him telling me it
was from a bullet wound. How ignorant of me to not ask more.
Information:
6th Battalion
(source Wikipedia)
"At the start of the Second World War the battalion attracted
enough volunteers to form first and second line battalions (10th
Battalion).
The battalion formed
part of the 151st Infantry Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry
Division and was part of the BEF. It arrived in France in late
January 1940, and took part in the Arras counter-attack and defended
the Dunkirk perimeter. Transferred to the Middle East in April
1941 the battalion garrisoned Cyprus and later Kirkuk and Mosul
in Iraq. Returning to North Africa as part of the 8th Army it
was placed into the line at Gazala, patrolling and disrupting
German and Italian supplies.[35] and fought in the Gazala, Mersa
Matruh, El Alamein and the Mareth Line. The battalion took part
in the invasion of Sicily, fighting at Primosole Bridge. Withdrawn
to Britain in October 1943 to be trained for the Normandy landings,
the battalion landed in the second wave on Sword Beach and faced
2 months of attritional fighting in Normandy. After the break
out from Normandy the battalion fought as part of the ground forces
of Operation Market Garden at Gheel. Due to heavy losses 50th
Division was broken up to reinforce other formations, the battalion
was reduced to a training cadre and returned to Britain in December
1944."
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I have been researching
my family history for almost 25 years. I have hit a few brick
walls, but also have manages to go back to the 1600s for some
branches!
Surname List
- Sanderson (1st Generation) - Kirkbymoorside,
Middlesbrough
- Trattles (2nd Generation) - Staithes,
Scarborough, Stockton on Tees, M'bro
- Rowell (3rd Generation) - Middlesbrough,
Norton
- Percival (3rd Generation) - Middlesbrough,
Rockcliff Cumberland
- Lowther (4th Generation) - Middlesbrough,
Kirkbymoorside, Appleton Le Moors
- Bonsor (4th Generation) - Middlesbrough,
Walsall
- Bradley (4th Generation) -
- Briggs (4th Generation)
- Warriner (5th Generation)
- Downie (5th Generation)
- Butterfield (5th Generation)
- Lund (5th Generation)
- Layfield (5th Generation)
- Black (5th Generation)
- Noyce (5th Generation)
- Walker (6th Generation)
- Simpson (6th Generation)
- Finney (6th Generation)
- Mark (6th Generation)
- Jones (6th Generation)
- Etherington (6th Generation)
- Bowes (6th Generation)
- Irving (6th Generation)
- Boyington (6th Generation)
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