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Henry Saunders

In memory of:

Private Henry Saunders

August 17, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

G/8552

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Sussex Regiment

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Son of William Funnell Saunders. Born at Brighton. Came from Canada to enlist.

Commemorated on Page 573 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

XVI. E. 16.

Location:

Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and10 kilometres south of Bapaume. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery lies a short distance west of Longueval on the south side of the road to Contalmaison. Within the cemetery is Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, which commemorates those officers and men of the New Zealand Division who fell in the Battles of the Somme, 1916, and whose graves are not know.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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