Sandison, Laurence Bruce

Birth Name Sandison, Laurence Bruce
Also Known As Sanderson, Laurence Bruce
Gender male
Age at Death 27 years, 9 months, 18 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 19 Mar 1916 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland Birth of Laurence Bruce Sandison 1a 2a
Census 19 Jun 1921 Rumpa, Sandwick, Shetland 1921 Census: Laurence Bruce Sandison, with father John Sandison, mother Sarah Leask and sister Sarah Joann 3a
Death 6 Jan 1944 At sea, off Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England Death of Laurence Bruce Sandison, ordinary seaman, RNPS, killed in action 4a
Note

Death of Laurence Bruce Sandison: "Seaman Gunner, Royal Naval Patrol Service, H.M.T. Wallasea, lost at sea through the sinking of his ship by surface craft torpedo." a fuller account of the action can be found here: https://johnknifton.com/tag/hms-wallasea/. It implies that Laurence Bruce Sandison was laid to rest in the war graves within Penzance Cemetery

  Cause: Lost at sea

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Sandison, John22 Feb 187129 Apr 1942
Mother Leask, Sarah11 Sep 187923 Sep 1957
    Sister     Sandison, Sarah Joann 26 Nov 1909 2 Apr 2004
         Sandison, Laurence Bruce 19 Mar 1916 6 Jan 1944
    Sister     Sandison, Edith Jessie 24 Nov 1925 9 Dec 1999

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Identification Number Bayanne Id I122250
 

Source References

  1. Tony Gott: North Isles Family History: Shetland
      • Date: 19 Mar 1916
      • Page: Birth of Laurence Bruce Sandison
  2. General Register Office for Scotland & the National Archives of Scotland.: Scotland Statutory Registers - Births
      • Date: 1916
      • Page: Birth of Laurence Bruce Sandison: mother - Leask; Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, ref 003/ 2 / 5
  3. National Records of Scotland: 1921 Scotland Census
      • Date: 19 Jun 1921
      • Page: 1921 Census: Sarah Leask, husband John Sandison, daughter Sarah Joann, son Laurence Bruce; Census 003/2 5/ 10, page 10 of 13
      • Scotland 1921 Census James Leask (1876) and John Sandison
  4. Ancestry.com: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
      • Date: 6 Jan 1944
      • Page: Death of Laurence Bruce Sandison: Ordinary Seaman LT/JX. 281871; Lowestoft Memorial Panel 14, Column 3
      • Citation:

        Death of Laurence Bruce Sandison: R.N. Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Wallasea, son of John and Sarah Sandison, Levenwick, Zetland