Name
Albert Edward Saunders
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/08/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
TF/1571
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regiment
2nd/10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HILL 10 CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. 50.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT (inscription on Special Memorial)
UK & Other Memorials
Elstree Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Elstree, Not on the Shenley memorials
Pre War
Albert Edward was born in Shenley, Herts. in 1895 to Thomas Saunders a police constable, and Harriet (nee Wilsdon).
On the 1901 Census the family of father, mother Hilda, Albert & Eva were living at Hitchmans Building, Hampstead. On the 1911 Census Albert was a Shipping Office Clerk living at New Road High Street Elstree with his widowed mother.
Wartime Service
Albert attested on 11 Aug 1914 at Willesden for the Middlesex Regiment and was posted to 9th Battalion. His engagement was a Territorial and 4 years Home Service initially.
By 28 Oct 1914 he transferred to 2/9th Battalion and on 1 May 1915 to 2/10th Battalion. He must have volunteered for Foreign Service as he departed with this Battalion from Devonport aboard HM Transport Huntsgreen for Middle East Force, travelling via Alexandria, Egypt 25 July 1915 and Lemnos, 29 Jul 1915 . The Battalion landed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 9 Aug 1915 .On 19 Aug Albert was admitted to 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance with shell wounds to head and shoulders.
He died from these wounds that same day. He is remembered on the Special Memorial in Hill 10 Cemetery as ‘believed to be buried this cemetery‘. (His remains were concentrated here but were not positively identified).
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £3 10s and arrears of £3 3s 6d was paid to his mother.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
