Sunderland,+Luther

Luther Sunderland.

Served with 6 Bde. Canadian Field Artillery. Service number 85541.

Died, 11th November 1915 aged 35 years. Born 4th January 1880.

On Oakworth Methodist Chapel Roll of Honour 1922. Buried at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery in Kent. Shorncliffe was a WW1 base for Canadian Forces and there were several military hospitals there.His grave reference is O.319.

On his Canadian army sheet, Luther enlisted on 15-2-1915 when aged 35 years. Height 5'7", brown eyes and grey hair. It was noted that Luther had served in the Halifax Militia (possibly Halifax Nova Scotia ) .He was a Weslyan and gave his NOK as mother Hannah of 14 Park Avenue Oakworth,

Luther was the son of Michael and Sarah Hannah Sunderland of Oakworth. Father and son were both stonemasons and the family lived at Vale Mill Lane when Luther was born in 1880.

Luther is in Oakworth in the 1901 census but emigrated to Canada on 1st Sept 1905 when he sailed from Liverpool to New York. On the passenger list he is aged 25 years ,single and a stonemason.