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Cpl. Alfred Sanders
British Army North Staffordshire
from:Stoke on Trent
My great great grandad, Alfred Sanders, was born in Stoke-on-Trent in March 1892. He married in December 1914 and enlisted on December 29th 1914. His regiment number was 16103. His company sailed from Avonmouth and landed in Gallipoli in early July 1914.
His medal index card states it was July the second. Some time between July 1914 he went from private to corporal and transfered to the South Staffordshire Regiment and had a new regiment number of 40061. After this little is known only that he was discharged on October 3rd 1917.
His silver war badge records state he was entitled to a badge and his medal index card states he was entitled to the Victory Medal, the British Medal and the 15 Star Medal. We only have his British medal now and it states he was a seargant, so at some point in his service promoted again, presumably while on service in France as the South Staffordshire Eegiment was based after Gallipoli. He died aged 48 in 1940 in Stoke-on-Trent.
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