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Frank Saunders

Ancestry site, Military records
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Private Frank Saunders, born in Feckenham enlisted in Redditch, Service No 28833, 11
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Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, , killed in action, 8 October 1917, Western
European Theatre.)
Forces War Records, Private Frank Saunders, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was married to
Mabel L. Saunders of Westheath Villa, Evesham Road, Crabbs Cross and at the time of his
death was aged 23.

Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross, Redditch.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 3
November 1917

Crabbs Cross Soldier Killed – Official information has been received by Mrs F. Saunders,
Evesham Road, Crabbs Cross, that her husband Private Frank Saunders, has been killed in
action. He was in the Worcestershire Regt., and had been on service for a short time only.
He was 34 years of age. Two brothers of the deceased are serving in the army.
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk - Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger

He is remembered at: - http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/828688/SAUNDERS,%20FRANK
It states that he is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 23 to 28 and 163 A, Belgium.

Tyne Cot Memorial - http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/85900/TYNE%20COT%20MEMORIAL

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