Saunders, Kenneth | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Saunders, K.

Forename(s):

Kenneth

Surname:

Saunders

Date of Death:

Thursday, December 31, 1914

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

109

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 16th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

UK and Ireland

Biography

Kenneth was the son of George B and Emma Saunders. He had four siblings; George, Ethel, Stanley and Arthur. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, and then Armstrong College.

He obtained a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers, 16th Battalion and was training at Alnwick in 1914. On New Year's Eve 1914, Kenneth went out riding with a fellow officer on a motorcycle. Returning in the early evening from Newton-on-the-Moor, the bike, after skidding several times, overturned. Kenneth was found dead beneath the vehicle by the side of the road.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Kenneth is buried at St. Andrews' Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Ian Johnson, Rosie Setford.