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BORN 8 July 1894
DIED 4 April 1950 AGE 55
VC Won 1 July 1916 AGE 20
Place VC Won Near Thiepval, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name George Sanders No. 3203
VC Issue No. 722 Awards VC MC
Regiment West Yorkshire Regiment, 1/7th Battalion
Later
Now 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Place Of Death St James Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Cremated Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 6 April 1950
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Lawn One
Gazetted 9 September 1916
VC Presented 18 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named On Victoria Cross Memorial, Centenary Square, Leeds, Yorkshire
By The Way…
He won his Victoria Cross one week before his 21st Birthday
VC Held By
Not Known
