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Military service
Service number:
H/59696
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
8 Field Regt.
Death:
September 5, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, H, 61.
Additional information
Son of Bernard and Lily Saunderson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Digital gallery of Lance Bombardier Charles Edwin Saunderson
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Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
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Saunderson, Charles Edwin - Bombardier. Born 24th May, 1920, at Winnipeg. Educated at Dauphin, Man. Entered the service of the Bank 24th March, 1939. Served at Dauphin. Enlisted 18th September, 1940, from that branch in Canadian Army. Served on Quartermaster's Staff at Military Training Centre, Winnipeg. Transferred to R.C.A. in February, 1941. Overseas in June, 1941. Served with 71st Battery, 8th Army Field Regiment, from December, 1941. With Central Mediterranean Forces from March, 1944. Recommended for commission and about to proceed on Officer' Training Course in September, 1944. Killed in action in Italy 5th September, 1944. Buried in permanent cemetery at Gradera, Italy. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Charles Edwin Saunderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Charles Edwin Saunderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Charles Edwin Saunderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Charles Edwin Saunderson
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Charles Edwin Saunderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 437 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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