Service Details
Name:
 SAUNDERS
Given Name:
 ERNEST VALDRENT
Initials:
 E V
Service No:
 1265
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 1st King Edward's Horse
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-09
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in defence of the area of Huit Maisons and Vieille Chapelle on 9-11 April 1918, facing the German onslaught in the opening phase of the Battle of the Lys.
Decorations:
 Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Citations:
 LG Sup 15 April 1918 pg. 4540
Additional
Information:
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
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Grave Reference:
 XVII. B. 35.

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