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Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT BRUYS SANDILANDS

Service Number: 10295
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Cdg. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1941

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

21. A. 5.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William Kennedy Sandilands and of Mary Elizabeth Johnston Sandilands (nee Sharp).
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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