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{{Personnel
|id=916
|Surname and forenames=Sands David
|Army number=3853164
|Rank=WO I
|Date of birth=Born Glasgow 26/4/1910.
|Age=34
|Unit=Enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment as a Territorial 1/11/28.   Discharged 5/7/32 under TA Regulations Para 207 on transfer to the Black Watch as a Regular soldier.  Attested for the Black Watch, Preston, 6/7/1932 aged 22 yrs 73 days, posted 2nd Bn 10/1/1933.  Posted 1 TS, date not yet known.  Served Normandy.  DIED (Accidental shooting) N W Europe 12/8/44 while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
|Company/Battery=Battalion headquarters.
|Task or role=Regimental Sergeant Major.
|Died/Killed in action=12-Aug-44
|Home address=RSM Sands resided in Preston at the time of his death.  No family information as yet.  His death was due to a Battle Accident involving the accidental discharge of a Sten Gun.  Sources - Depot Roll Book 1926-38 p 91, Book 358 No. 25 p 122. Buried Grave V.D.3. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
|Image Name=Sands_D_1_TS.JPG
|Image Title=RSM D Sands' CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
}}