Personal details
ID:
06-0310
Gender:
Male
Living:
No
Pedigree:
Notes:
Captain John Sandes was in H.M. 47th Regiment of Foot and fought in the siege of San Sebastion and the Battle of Vitoria against the Napoleonic Empire, he also fought for the East India Company in the third Anglo-Maratha War. He joined the Cape Mounted Rifles in South Africa in 1846 and fought in the Seventh Xhosa War. His elder brother who died before he was born had the same name.
Relationships
Date:
24 December 1844
Family
Father:
Mother:
Siblings:
Mary Sandes (1786 - 1862)
John Browne Sandes (1788 - 1794)
Alicia Sandes (1789 - 1816)
Thomas H. Sandes (1791 - 1839)
Arthur Sandes (1793 - 1832)
John Sandes (1794 - 1846)
Agnes Sandes (1796 - )
Margaret Sandes (1798 - 1888)
Henry Sandes (1799 - 1825)
Elizabeth Agnes Sandes (1801 - 1861)
Goodman Sandes (1802 - 1882)
George Sandes (1805 - 1834)
John Browne Sandes (1788 - 1794)
Alicia Sandes (1789 - 1816)
Thomas H. Sandes (1791 - 1839)
Arthur Sandes (1793 - 1832)
John Sandes (1794 - 1846)
Agnes Sandes (1796 - )
Margaret Sandes (1798 - 1888)
Henry Sandes (1799 - 1825)
Elizabeth Agnes Sandes (1801 - 1861)
Goodman Sandes (1802 - 1882)
George Sandes (1805 - 1834)
Birth
Date:
22 February 1794
Place:
Death
Date:
18 April 1846
Notes:
He was killed in action in Grahamstown (now Makhanda), Eastern Cape in the Seventh Xhosa War. (apparently going back for his false teeth - see Adrian Sandes citation.)