Personal details
ID:
09-0050
Gender:
Male
Living:
No
Pedigree:
Notes:
His mother died in 1904 when he was five and his father took him to live at Marlesford Rectory to live with his grandparents. Whilst he was there he attended Oakham School in Rutland. He ran away from home and was sent to HMS Worcester training ship (now Thames Nautical Training College). Shortly after the outset of the First World War, he joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman.
He was demobilised in 1920 and went to Join the British South Africa Police in Southern Rhodesia (later Rhodesia now Zimbabwe).
Family
Siblings:
Relationships
Marriage date:
about 1926
Marriage place:
Notes:
They were married in Umtali (now Mutare), Zimbabwe.
Birth
Date:
21 June 1899
Place:
Notes:
He was born in Van Anda, Texada Island, British Columbia.
Death
Date:
17 July 1984
Place:
Notes:
He died at Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa
Samuel Dickson Sandes III (1899 - 1984)
Image courtesy Stephen Sandes - Ireland
Margaret Crosbie and Dick Sandes on their wedding day at Umtali, Rhodesia
Image courtesy www.maturin.org.uk