Sunderland.+Victor

Victor Sunderland.

Born in Thornton in 1884, he survived the war. Victor served in the West Yorkshire Regiment as a Private. Service number 38035. He may have spent some time in the RAMC as ( according to Reg Hindley in his book on Oxenhope ) Victor learnt dentistry in the RAMC and later practiced at Clough View, below Back Leeming as a "quack" dentist as he was not formally trained. It is believed that he may have been a member of the local St. John Ambulance before enlisting.

His parents were Frank ( born 1860 ) and Miranda ( born 1885 ) who married in 1880. Then, they lived in Denholme and he was a mill overlooker but in 1901 when they lived at Oxenhope he was a joiner and carpenter. The couple had at least five children.

Victor married Linda Waddington in early 1915 and there son Francis E. was born the same year.

Brother to Willie Sunderland, born 1881, who also served.