Saunders, George Kemp
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of Rev. Alexander R. Saunders ; born Shansi, North China, 19 November 1894 ; student in Medicine, 1913-14. Having joined "U" Company, as a Private, in the spring of 1914, Saunders was called upon the outbreak of war, receiving a bonus for being the first of his Company to report after the issue of mobilization orders. After training at Bedford for six months he crossed to France with the Battalion at the end of February, and served with them until 25 September 1915. He was reported first "missing" and later "killed" at Hooge on that date.
Date of Death: 25 September 1915
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Panel 38, Column 9.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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