Identity
Person No.
22301
Service No.
203117V
Last Name
First Name
Philip Edward
Initials
P E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of complications following fracture of skull
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Sir Charles James Renault Saunders, KCMG and Lady Katherine Elinor Saunders, of Imflulazane, Melmoth, Zululand. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. His brother S C R Saunders also died in service
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
He was killed at the battle of Spion Kop, South Africa 24th January 1900. He is buried in a mass grave in what was the British trench. There is a personal memorial to him in the shape of a cross bearing his name, rank and unit but no ondication who erected the memorial.
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