Arthur Frederick Saunders
Sergeant, 9th Service Battalion. Suffolk Regiment
- Register No.
- 1109 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Sergeant all Sergeants →
- Unit
- 9th Service Battalion. Suffolk Regiment all Suffolk Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 26 September 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 30th March 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- 23rd April 1879 at Ipswich, Suffolk
- Died
- 30th July 1947 at Ipswich, Suffolk
- Memorial / grave
- Ipswich Borough Crematorium, Suffolk
- Medal held by
- the Suffolk Regimental Museum, Bury St
Digest of citation
When his officer had been wounded in the attack on 26th September 1915, near Loos, France, Sergeant Saunders took charge of two machine guns and a few men. Although he had been severely wounded in the thigh, he followed the last of four charges of, and rendered every support, to another Battalion. When the remnants of the battalion, he had been supporting, were forced to retire, by continuously firing on one of his gun's, and constantly giving concise orders, he did his best to support the retirement
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
SAUNDERS, Arthur Frederick. (reg No. 1109).
Sergeant. 9th Service Battalion. Suffolk Regiment.
London Gazetted on 30th March 1916.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Suffolk Regimental Museum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Born on 23rd April 1879 at Ipswich, Suffolk.
Died on 30th July 1947 at Ipswich, Suffolk.
Memorial at Ipswich Borough Crematorium, Suffolk.
Digest of Citation reads: When his officer had been wounded in the attack on 26th September 1915, near Loos, France, Sergeant Saunders took charge of two machine guns and a few men. Although he had been severely wounded in the thigh, he followed the last of four charges of, and rendered every support, to another Battalion. When the remnants of the battalion, he had been supporting, were forced to retire, by continuously firing on one of his gun's, and constantly giving concise orders, he did his best to support the retirement.
Additional information:. His Army No. 3/10133.
Additional information
His Army No. 3/10133
Edmunds, Suffolk.
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