SAUNDERS, Reginald Thomas Colonel

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X.1276
Born: 
Sunday, September 5, 1915
Birthplace: 
Penge
Died : 
Friday, January 1, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
27
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Reg Saunders, 40 RM Commando
Marine Reginald Saunders was reported missing presumed died with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed. Son of William and Ethel Saunders; husband of Eileen Gunn. Reg was one of eight children. He married Eileen Gunn on the 2nd January 1938 at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. He never had any children and sadly his wife died about a year after his death. 
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths, Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/136.
[Image and family details] Shannon Howell-Fuller (great niece).
 
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