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Private Ernest SAUNDERS, G/11866, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (compound fracture right thigh), 49 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 14th November 1916, age 21.

Born Pyecombe, Sussex, son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Saunders, High Woods. Little Common, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex / near Red Lion Inn, Hooe Common, nr. Battle, Sussex / The Cottage, Gotham Wood, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex.

1901 Census - Piecombe Street, Piecombe, Sussex - Thomas Saunders, head, married, age 39, gardener, not domestic, worker, born Petworth, Sussex; Sarah J Saunders, wife, married, age 41, washer woman, at home, born Hove Sussex; Gertrude J Saunders, daughter, age 13, born Piecombe, Sussex; Agnes E Saunders, daughter, age 7, born Piecombe, Sussex; Ernest J Saunders, son, age 5, born Piecombe, Sussex; Henry C Saunders, son, age 2, born Piecombe, Sussex.

1908 June, Cuckfield Registration District, Sarah Jane Saunders, died age 49.

1909 March, Uckfield Registration District, Thomas Saunders married Ellen Bessie Lines.

1911 Census - Hole Inn, Shepperton Green, Shepperton-on-Thames, Middlesex - Thomas Saunders, head, age 46, married, gardener, jobbing., worker, born Grofin?, Sussex; Ellen Saunders, wife, age 44, married 2 years, 1 child, still alive, beerhouse keeper, own account, born Newton Bromswold, Northampshire; Earnest Saunders, son, age 15, single, gardener, market gardener, worker, born Pyecombe, Sussex; Helen Saunders, daughter, age 15 months.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 21 years & 24 days, height 5ft 4¼ inches. Resided Cockhurst, Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly farm labourer.

Home 12th December 1915 to 31st May 1916; BEF 1st June 1916 to 14th November 1916.

12th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 23rd January 1916, mobilized; 23rd January 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 2nd June 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 3rd June 1916, Etaples, 18 Infantry Base Depot; 14th June 1916, joined 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

Buried at Contay British Cemetery, II. F. 3., Contay, France.