Saunders John Thomas L/Cpl 4457964 - Revision history

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 To read a BBC News piece by Duncan Leatherdale (formerly a reporter with The Northern Echo) linked to the dedication service for the two headstones please click [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-28772810 here].  L/Cpl Saunders did not, as the piece suggests, enlist directly into 1st Tyneside Scottish but joined the Durham Light Infantry and was transferred to the Black Watch and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish when the 12th Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Durham Light Infantry was transferred from the Corps of the DLI to the Corps of the Black Watch on 1st February 1940.
-To read the account of the dedication service in the Northern Echo please click [http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/bishopauckland/11429244.Family_of_Bishop_Auckland_soldier_make_emotional_trip_to_his_grave_in_Poland/?ref=arc here]  The work to identify Trooper Thomson M.M. as the second victim was carried out jointly by John and Mavis Dixon and involved a combination of military and genealogical research over a considerable period.
+There was an account of the dedication service in the Northern Echo which was formerly available via this hyperlink, but has now been removed from their archive [http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/bishopauckland/11429244.Family_of_Bishop_Auckland_soldier_make_emotional_trip_to_his_grave_in_Poland/?ref=arc here]  The work to identify Trooper Thomson M.M. as the second victim was carried out jointly by John and Mavis Dixon and involved a combination of military and genealogical research over a considerable period.
 To read L/Cpl Saunders commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2767114/SAUNDERS,%20JOHN%20THOMAS here]

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 |Surname and forenames=Saunders John Thomas
 |Army number=4457964
-|Rank=L/Cpl
+|Rank=Lance Corporal.
-|Age=25
+|Age=25 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry T no enlistment date, ? Posted 12th Bn DLI, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. B.E.F., Prisoner of War 20/5/1940 (a report of his capture appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 1/8/1940),  KILLED 21/7/1944. (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute. The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.   Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940,and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F., Taken Prisoner of War at Ficheux 20/5/1940 (a report of his capture appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 1/8/1940),  KILLED 21/7/1944. (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute. The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429).
-|Company/Battery=C
+|Company/Battery=C Company.
-|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939
+|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Prisoner of War=Lamsdorf.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag VIIIB (Lamsdorf), PoW Number 15529.
-|Died/Killed in action=21-Jul-44
+|Died/Killed in action=Murdered 21-Jul-44 along with Trooper Thomson.  Buried in Popielow Churchyard  - Graves now formally identified with CWGC headstones.  Formal dedication of the headstone took place on 21/8/2014, along with that for Trooper Henry Alexander THOMSON M.M. (Lothian and Borders Yeomanry)- shot dead in the same incident, and buried in the adjacent grave number 2.
-|Home address=Son of Joseph and Florence May Saunders, Bishop Auckland.  Buried in Popielow Churchyard  - Graves now formally identified with CWGC headstones.  Formal dedication of the headstone took place on 21/8/2014, along with that for Trooper Henry Alexander THOMSON M.M. (Lothian and Borders Yeomanry)- shot dead in the same incident, and buried in the adjacent grave number 2.
+|Home address=Son of Joseph and Florence May Saunders, Bishop Auckland.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Rank=L/Cpl
 |Age=25
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry T no enlistment date, ? Posted 12th Bn DLI, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. B.E.F., Prisoner of War 20/5/1940,  KILLED 21/7/1944. (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute. The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429).
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry T no enlistment date, ? Posted 12th Bn DLI, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. B.E.F., Prisoner of War 20/5/1940 (a report of his capture appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 1/8/1940),  KILLED 21/7/1944. (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute. The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429).
 |Company/Battery=C
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939
-|Prisoner of War=Lamsdorf
+|Prisoner of War=Lamsdorf.
 |Died/Killed in action=21-Jul-44
 |Home address=Son of Joseph and Florence May Saunders, Bishop Auckland.  Buried in Popielow Churchyard  - Graves now formally identified with CWGC headstones.  Formal dedication of the headstone took place on 21/8/2014, along with that for Trooper Henry Alexander THOMSON M.M. (Lothian and Borders Yeomanry)- shot dead in the same incident, and buried in the adjacent grave number 2.

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 |Rank=L/Cpl
 |Age=25
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry T no enlistment date, ? Posted 12th Bn DLI, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute. The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429).
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry T no enlistment date, ? Posted 12th Bn DLI, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. B.E.F., Prisoner of War 20/5/1940,  KILLED 21/7/1944. (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute. The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429).
 |Company/Battery=C
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Prisoner of War=Lamsdorf
 |Died/Killed in action=21-Jul-44
 |Home address=Son of Joseph and Florence May Saunders, Bishop Auckland.  Buried in Popielow Churchyard  - Graves now formally identified with CWGC headstones.  Formal dedication of the headstone took place on 21/8/2014, along with that for Trooper Henry Alexander THOMSON M.M. (Lothian and Borders Yeomanry)- shot dead in the same incident, and buried in the adjacent grave number 2.

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 |Rank=L/Cpl
 |Age=25
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry T no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute). The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry T no enlistment date, ? Posted 12th Bn DLI, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  (DLI Enlistment Book entry reads - Killed as a PoW as a result of a dispute. The Black Watch Enlistment Book entry reads - Shot for rebellion 21 July 1944 whilst P.o.W. in German hands, Serial No. 429).
 |Company/Battery=C
 |Prisoner of War=
 |Died/Killed in action=21-Jul-44
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 To read the account of the dedication service in the Northern Echo please click [http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/bishopauckland/11429244.Family_of_Bishop_Auckland_soldier_make_emotional_trip_to_his_grave_in_Poland/?ref=arc here]  The work to identify Trooper Thomson M.M. as the second victim was carried out jointly by John and Mavis Dixon and involved a combination of military and genealogical research over a considerable period.

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		+	To read a BBC News piece by Duncan Leatherdale (formerly a reporter with The Northern Echo) linked to the dedication service for the headstones please click [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-28772810 here]
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		+	T read the account of the dedication service in the Northern Echo please click [http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/bishopauckland/11429244.Family_of_Bishop_Auckland_soldier_make_emotional_trip_to_his_grave_in_Poland/?ref=arc here]