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| 07/05/2019 |
The Roll of Honour of Tamlaght National School (from the Mid Ulster Mail dated 10th June 1916) lists Lieutenant John Harris Ekin Sandford. |
| 07/05/2019 |
The Bedfordshire Regiment war diary for 1917 notes that on 3rd Dec 1917, Lieutenant and Acting Captain J H E Sandford was struck off strength on resuming his medical studies. |
| 07/05/2019 |
According to his medal card, Lieutenant Sandford entered France on 24th July 1916. |
| 07/05/2019 |
Lieutenant John Harris Ekin Sandford served with the 4th Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| 07/05/2019 |
The 1911 census lists John Harris Ekin Sandford as age 20, living with the family at house 6 in Hammond Road, Moneymore. John was a medical student. |
| 07/05/2019 |
The 1901 census lists John as age 10, living with the family at house 2 in Hammond Road, Moneymore. His mother was a widow, but did have an occupation. The family employed a servant, which implies they retained some wealth. |
| 07/05/2019 |
John’s father, William Sandford, appears to have died a year after John was born on 23rd August 1891, aged 38. |
| 07/05/2019 |
Family: William Sandford, Eliza Sandford, William Hugh Sandford (born 7th July 1884), Anna Lila Sandford (born 8th August 1886), John Harris Ekin Sandford (born 21st June 1890). |
| 07/05/2019 |
John Harris Ekin Sandford was born on 21st June 1890. He was the youngest of three children, all born in the Moneymore area. |
| 07/05/2019 |
John Sandford was the son of William and Eliza Sandford. William Sandford and Eliza Ekin were married on 22nd September 1883 in the district of Magherafelt. |
