Background
Sanderson was born in Ipswich. His father was Revd. His mother was Emily, born in Liverpool in 1848.
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Wilfred Ernest Sanderson Fellow of the Royal College of Organists LRAM
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Wilfrid was educated at Saint Dunstan"s College, Catford, and the City of London School. He studied organ under Frederick Bridge as pupil and later assistant organist at Westminster Abbey from 1895 - 1904.
Career
Thomas Sanderson, a Wesleyan Methodist minister, born in Warrington in 1848. Wilfrid was one of eight children. During this time, Wilfrid was present in the organ loft during Queen Victoria"s funeral and memorial service held on 2 February 1901.
He also sang tenor in the Westminster Abbey choir for the coronation of their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on 26 June 1902.
His musical studies gained him the Music.Bac (Dunelm), Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and LRAM. His early appointments were: church organist at Street Stephen"s, Walthamstow (1895 at the age of seventeen). Organist at All Hallows", Southwark (1897).
Organist at Street James"s, West Hampstead (1899-1904). He was also conductor of the Doncaster Musical Society (1911-1924) and of the Doncaster Amateur Operatic Society (1909-1924).
During the Great War he served as a senior clerk with the Ministry of Works.
He moved his family south to Egham, and after the war moved to Nutfield in Surrey. He became an examiner for Trinity College of Music in 1924 and until his death. He died in Nutfield, Surrey in 1935 from typhoid, the result of eating contaminated oysters.
Organist at Saint Stephen"s Church, Walthamstow 1896 - 1898 Organist at All Hallows" Church, Southwark 1898 - 1899 Organist at Saint James" Church, West Hampstead 1899 - 1904 Organist at Saint George"s Church, Doncaster 1904 - 1923 H. B.
