Personal details
Possibly an illegitimate son according to his regimental record he was born in Dalrymple, Ayr but his father and his father's wife were never in Scotland.
He was an officer in the 10th Royal Hussars. (see reference note, National Archives). He fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
At the time of his death he was a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army Pay Department.
Family
Lancelot Charles Sandes (1846 - 1925)
Ralph George Sandes (1846 - 1909)
William Henry Sandes (1849 - 1917)
Relationships
Edith Maude Sandes (1878 - 1878)
Beatrice Sandes (1879 - 1963)
Charles William Wallace Sandes (1880 - 1956)
Charles Lancelot Compton Sandes (1882 - 1958)
Robert Dalrymple Sandes (1883 - 1957)
Marian Tennant Wallace Sandes (1884 - 1887)
Ralph St. Clair Sandes (1886 - 1886)
Pauline St. Catherine Sandes (1886 - 1886)
Nigel Kennedy Sandes (1887 - 1887)
Marjorie Sandes (1888 - 1966)
Douglas Sandes (1890 - 1946)
They were married in Muttra (now Mathura), Uttar Pradesh.
Florence's father William Appleton was a veterinary surgeon in the same regiment as Charles at this time.
After the death of Charles Sandes, she remarried Brig. Gen. Usher Williamson Evans in 1921 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Birth
According to his military record he was born in Dalrymple, Ayr, Scotland.
In the Census of Scotland 1901 he gave his birthplace as Ireland (?)
Scotland census 1901
They lived at 16 Snowdon Place, Stirling, Stirlingshire (now Stirling), Scotland
Miltary appointments
"Charles Sandes was a Sergeant-Major at the Cavalry Depot when he was appointed Riding-Master of the 10th Hussars, on September 5 1873, vice David Walsh, deceased."
"On November 23, 1877, he was appointed Lieutenant vice E.Cunard, deceased (again !)."
"He was appointed Adjutant of the Regiment on January 22, 1878, vice Cavendish (promoted - and not deceased this time)."
Death
He was living at 27 Henleaze Gardens, Bristol and he died at the Devonia Nursing Home Vane Hill, Torquay, Devon. refer citation - British wills.
Probate
