Surname: | Saunders |
Initials: | B J |
Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Army Number: | 1554536 |
Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery, transferred to CMP. 55 Div Pro Coy, CMP. 6/6/43 Died. He was born in Bristol and resided in Middlesex. Unit War Diary, 55 Div Pro Coy, WO 166/10668: 6/6/1943 13.40 hrs 7684708 Sgt Holme, 2656564 Cpl Turner, 5723123 L/Cpl Thorne, 1554536 L/Cpl Saunders, 7686900 L/Cpl Rigby killed by enemy action air raid when Coy Billet in Eastbourne, (Hildegard, Mead Road) hit during air-raid. 4862658 L/Cpl Walker, 14258442 L/Cpl Tolson, 14256369 L/Cpl Richards injured and taken to civilian hospital. (Grave not found, cemetery a jungle). Casualty Lists 1151 to 1170, Home, Killed in Action, 6/6/1943. Bernard James Saunders. |
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Date of Death: | June 6, 1943 |
Company: | 55 DIV PRO COY |
CWGC Link: | 2450475 |
Cemetery: | BRISTOL (ARNOS VALE) CEMETERY, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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