Captain George Sandeman

Captain George Amelius Crawshay Sandeman
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.

Rifleman Arthur Dunn

R/9123 Rifleman Arthur Dunn
3rd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
Age 18
Died 24 July 1915
Son of William and Mary Ann Dunn, of 30, New Inn Lane, Hanford, Stoke-on-Trent.
Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

3 KRRC were engaged at Ypres in April and May 1915 and sustained heavy casualties there. It is possible Rifleman Dunn was wounded around this time and later died at one of the base hospitals in Boulogne. The battalion was in the front line at the beginning of the battle, which lasted for 24 days (19 April to 13 May). It also saw the Germans using poison gas for the first time. Some 542 members of the battalion were killed, wounded or reported missing during the battle.

On 24 May 3 KRRC were engaged in a night attack near the Menin Road, taking casualties of three officers and 65 other ranks – possibly including Rifleman Dunn.