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Private THOMAS WILLIAM SAUNDERS

Service Number: 14625028
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

V. E. 11.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Saunders, of Kennington, London.
  • Personal Inscription THEY LAID HIM WHERE HE FELL FAR AWAY FROM US; BUT DEATH IS LIFE SO LONG AS LOVE ABIDES
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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