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Pilot Officer GORDON CRANLEIGH SAUNDERS

Service Number: 41620
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

87 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Claudia Saunders, of Wellington City, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

FENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1
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