Arthur SAUNDERS MM
- Extended Description
- Sergeant Arthur SAUNDERS M M No. 13072 8th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 1 November 1916 aged 25
Son of Mrs S Thorne, 31 Mount Pleasant, Tutnalls, Lydney, Gloucestershire.
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, France.
Commemorated on a family headstone at
Lydney St Mary Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
Also commemorated on this headstone is his brother -
Gunner Charles Ivor Willis SAUNDERS No. 42204 1st Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
Died 6 September 1917 aged 29
Son of John Saunders and Sarah Thorne, 14 Albert Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire.
Some notes from his army records -
Joined up aged 25 and 10 months on 25 September 1914 at Valcartier Quebec, Canada, occupation tin plate worker.
At some stage he was posted to France. On 1 September 1917 he was in 7th Casualty Clearing Station dangerously wounded with multiple gunshot wounds to his back and injury to spine. It appears that he was hit by a spray of bullets from a machine gun. On 6 September was transferred to 10th Stationary Hospital, Omer where he died the following day.
At rest at Longuenesse St Omer Souvenir Cemetery, France.
