Sanders Frank Harold 1880456 Lance Sergeant - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Sanders (forename not yet known).
|Army number=Not yet known.
|Rank=Lance Sergeant.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
|Unit=Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Posted elsewhere.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=No family information yet.
}}

Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.

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 |Rank=Lance Sergeant.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Research indicates that he was born in London on 22/10/1917.
+|Date of birth=Research indicates that he was born in London on 22/10/1917.  This has been confirmed by his family.
 |Age=66 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers.  Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Posted elsewhere (Enlistment Books destroyed).
 |Company/Battery=294th Field Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon/Section.
-|Task or role=Details awaited.
+|Task or role=Details awaited but possibly Platoon Sergeant.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
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 }}
-Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
+Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.  Family information has proved very useful and is much appreciated.

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 |Rank=Lance Sergeant.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Research indicates that he was born in London on 22/10/1917.
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
+|Age=66 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers.  Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Posted elsewhere.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers.  Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Posted elsewhere (Enlistment Books destroyed).
 |Company/Battery=294th Field Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon/Section.
 |Task or role=Details awaited.
-|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
+|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Lance Sergeant.
-|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
+|Wounded=Yes - understood to have sustained a bullet graze to the head in Normandy.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 24/6/1984.  Cremated 29/6/1984 in Islington, London
-|Home address=No family information yet.
+|Home address=No further family information as yet.
 }}
 Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.

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 |Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers.  Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Posted elsewhere.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon/Section.
 |Task or role=Details awaited.