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Jun 6, 1883
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Born at Chatham,
Kent, England
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Oct 12, 1914
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Attested into
the 81st Battalion at St Catharines Ontario
Ø Number 157042
Ø Next of kin given as Bertha Sands, wife, of Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
Ø Previous military experience given as 7 months in the 19th
Lincoln Regiment (now known as the Lincoln and Welland Regiment)
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Assigned to “C” Company
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Dec 1, 1915
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Sentenced to 3
days CB (Confined to Barracks) and forfeiture of 3 days pay. The reason for this punishment was not recorded in
the file
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Apr 1, 1916
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Sentenced to
forfeiture of 2 days pay. The reason for this
punishment was not recorded in the file
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Apr 28, 1916
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Embarked the RMS
Olympic at Halifax Nova Scotia
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May 6, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England and proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent
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Jul 2, 1916
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Discovered to be
AWL (Absent Without Leave) at midnight
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Jul 4, 1916
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Reported for
duty from being AWL at 9 pm
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Jul 5, 1916
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Sentenced to 8
days Field Punishment #2 for being AWL and forfeits 2 days pay, in addition to the 2 days
pay lost while AWL
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Jul 6, 1916
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The Battalion
was absorbed into the 35 Battalion at West Sandling
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Sep 21, 1916
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Transferred to
the 21st Battalion
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Sep 22, 1916
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Arrived at the
CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at the Rouelles Camp, Havre France
TOS (Taken On
Strength) the 21st Battalion
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Sep 28, 1916
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Joined the 21st
Battalion who had just been moved back into the front line near the Regina Trench
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Dec 17, 1916
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Admitted to No 5
CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) with a diagnosis that reads PUO (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin)
which is a fever without a known cause
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Dec 27, 1916
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Discharged to
duty from the CFA
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Jan 17, 1917
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During the Calonne
Trench Raid, Pte Sands received a slight bullet wound to his right thigh and admitted to
the No 5 CFA. After treatment, he was
discharged and returned to duty with the Battalion
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Apr 9, 1917
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During the
advance on Vimy Ridge, Pte Sands was killed instantly by a bullet to the chest
Thelus Military Cemetery
Thelus France
Following the war the British War Medal,
Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and 2 Memorial Crosses were sent to
his widow, Mrs B Sands, at 73 Isabella St, Toronto Ontario.
She received the second Memorial Cross as Pte Sands’ mother had passed away
after he had been killed.
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