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Saunders Robert 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21176
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- SKR/DAT/IP/21176
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Title (The name of the record)
- Saunders Robert 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Saunders;
Forename(s): Robert;
Initials: R;
Rank: 2/Lt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 13 Coy;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 26-Oct-1917;
Other Data: Inns of Court OTC Record of Service: 4/4294 17/6/1915. No 14 Off Cadet Bn. MGC 25/9/1916, 2Lt, kia 26/10/1917
Portrait: Lloyds Bank Memorial Album, p44
see "With the MGC" (Russell) p 158…..in trying to get away from the Germans, the Officer in charge of No3 section was shot through the head……..
See WD 13 Coy 25/10/1917
Red Cross Enquiry Card;Other Notes: SAUNDERS, Second Lieutenant, ROBERT, 13th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 26th October 1917. Age 29. Youngest son of Thomas Chapman Saunders and Anna Elizabeth Saunders, of East Hill, Charminster, Dorchester, Dorset. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2476fd3f-f341-4515-8d21-0fcabb22b6cc/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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This record is held at Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
Within the file: SKR/DAT/IP
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