Name
Albert Edward Saunders
25 November 1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/05/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Stoker 1st Class
K/17674
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Queen Mary."
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
19
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Not in the Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1),
Not in the Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1),
Not on the Hemel Hempstead Memorial (*1)
Pre War
Albert Edward Saunders was born in Clerkenwell on 25 November 1894, the son of Alfred and Hannah Saunders,
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 91 Selater Street, Bethnal Green, where his father was a cabinet maker. His mother died in 1902 and on the 1911 Census he was living with his widowed father and 4 siblings at 5 Southampton Buildings, Bethnal Green where he was a Printing Learner.
His father remarried to Julia Elizabeth Truckle in 1911 and became licensee of the Whip and Collar Public House, Two Waters Road, Hemel Hempstead (19.9.17)
Wartime Service
Albert joined up on 13 January 1913 for a period of 12 years in the Royal Navy to serve as a Stoker. He trained at HMS Victory II until July 1913 and was then on HMS Bristol from 10 July to 3 September 1913.
He was serving as a Stoker 1st class, on HMS Queen Mary when war broke out, having been with the ship from 4 September 1913. He was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.
His body was not recovered for burial and his name is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Additional Information
*1 The St Albans Diocese records confirm a connection to Hemel Hempstead for an Alfred Edward Saunders, although he does not appear on this location’s memorials. However, there is an Alfred Edward Saunders named on the Hemel Hempstead Town Memorial so it is possible that the diocese records are in error and they should refer to this man.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
dacorumheritage.org.uk, hemelatwar.org. www.hertfordshire.gov.uk (Hertfordshire Names Online)
