3rd Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment (att. 1st Battalion)
Missing in action 26 April 1915
Aged 32
Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres.
George Sandeman was the son of Lieutenant Colonel George G Sandeman and his wife, Amy.
He was a barrister and his name appears on the war memorial at the Temple church in London.
He also played first-class cricket for Hampshire, appearing three times for the county in 1913. In 1914 he played for the MCC and the Free Foresters - representing the former against Oxford University and the latter against both Oxford and Cambridge.
Sandeman was a left-arm slow bowler, whose average over his six first-class games was 48.40.
He was also an officer in the 3rd (TA) battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. At the time of his death, however, he was serving with the 1st Battalion. He was killed during the second battle of Ypres, near Zonebeke.
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