SAUNDERS, Samuel John Albert

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 109090
Died : 
Tuesday, March 28, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
19
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Marine Samuel Saunders died during an air attack on Vis, their base of operations against enemy held Dalmatian Islands. Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Saunders, of Barking, Essex.
Extract from the 43RM Commando War Diary
28th March 1944 Vis
"Enemy aircraft attacked Vis town, and bombs also fell in Podselje . A direct hit was scored on the Cdo Orderly room resulting in the death of Ty. Lt. F.H. Hancock and two marines *."
 
Sources
CWGC.
National Archives War Diary DEFE 2/49.
*Notes: Those also killed on that day were Lieutenant Frank Hancock and Marine Percy Jeal.
 
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