For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Albert Saunders

 

Able Seaman, VR4066, RNCVR

 

Died: 06 Dec 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Book of Remembrance

 

SAUNDERS, Albert, AB, VR4066, RNCVR, killed - 06 Dec 1917, HMCS NIOBE - Son of Mrs. Annie McPhail of  230 Landsdowne Ave, Winnipeg, MB

 

Able Seaman Albert Saunders, VR.4066, died as the result of an explosion in Halifax Harbour 06 Dec 1917. AB Saunders is buried at the Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax, NS.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS NIOBE

 

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(1-2) Two articles from the Winnipeg Evening Tribune on the Heroism of AB Albert Saunders  (3) Headstone for AB Saunders in the Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax, NS

 


 

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