[1] He started work at the offices of the Wilson Line in Hull, his father was an agent for the company in New York.
[1] During the First World War Sanderson was appointed honorary colonel of the 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 8 August 1914.
[6] On 28 June 1919, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
[7] Sanderson married Beatrice Marion Fitch Beddal and they had three sons and a daughter.
[1] He died on 25 December 1926 aged 63 in a Nursing Home in Leeds following an operation.