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Edmund Belford Saunders

In memory of:

Private Edmund Belford Saunders

October 14, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

478805

Age:

17

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Additional Information


Born:

October 12, 1899

Son of Stephen Guilford Saunders and Abigail Jane Saunders, of Nicholsville, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 159 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. J. 4.

Location:

Hermies is a town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 3.5 kilometres south of the road from Bapaume to Cambrai, the N30. From the N30 take the D34 for 3.2 kilometres to its junction with the D5E where the first CWGC sign is situated. The HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left side of the road, 150 metres from the junction.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Edmund Belford Saunders– 1899 - 1916
  • Inscription– Inscription on back of parents Headstone in Morristown, Nova Scotia.

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