SAUNDERS, Alfred Thomas James

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Nord FranceCredit: Andrew Pay

Rifleman
3rd Battalion
Rifle Brigade

Alfred was born 1882 in Newport to Alfred Grinham & Mary Anne (nee DUNNE) SAUNDERS who were living in Robin Hood Street, Newport around the time of Alfred’s death. The family had previously lived at 2 South View in Carisbrooke (1891) & 11 Union Street in Newport (1901).

Alfred, aged 32, was reported as Killed in Action on the 1st of February 1915 & is buried in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Nord in France beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 2,131 of his First World War comrades.

Alfred is also remembered on the Carisbrooke & Newport Borough War Memorial. His brother John also fell in The Great War.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.