Basic Details
Surname
Saunders
Forenames
K
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Keay
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married and worked in a dyeworks until he enlisted in April 1916. He was not found by them to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial and their research in the local press of the time suggested the memorial's regiment is wrong which CWGC confirms and provides his burial place.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
HLI
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Etaples
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
March
Day of death
29
Age at death
29
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds