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Military service
Service number:
192593
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 27, 1891
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert and Mary C. Saunders, of "Lulworth," Tatnum Rd., Poole, Dorset, England.
Digital gallery of Private Frederick Charles Saunders
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Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Saunders was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
The 15th Batallion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as “The Crow’s Nest”. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured the Crow’s Nest on 1 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (Front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (Reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Document
Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 10/9/1918 noting fatal casualties suffered 31 Aug to 2 Sep 1918. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Charles Saunders
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 496 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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