Canteen and Trooper Deck Steward William Paterson Saunders

Son of John Saunders, purser in the British Merchant Navy, and Margaret Parry from Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Husband of Mary Louisa George of 23, Dacre Hill, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Father of George Ernest, Gladys, Jessie Isabel, Ivy Doris, William Patterson and Maggie Saunders.

Requisitioned by the British Admiralty, SS Royal Edward became HMT Royal Edward and was converted into a troop transport. While en route to Gallipoli, Turkey, with about 1,335 British troops, she was torpedoed by UB-14 6 miles (9.5 km) west of the Aegean Island of Kandeloussa and sank with 866 men, position 36°31'N/25°51'E.