Saunders brothers, Lydney Tinplaters, WW1 Soldiers ? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, January 28, 2018, 20:35 (2277 days ago) @ Jefff

Using this site's WW1 Soldiers database, can find;

Record_ID: 4779
Year: _
Surname: SAUNDERS
Forename: Albert Henry
Rank: Private
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Service_Number: _
Residence: Lydney
Notes_1: _
Notes_2: _
Newspaper: _
Date_Published: _
Image: _
Soundex: S536

Record_ID: 4781
Year: _
Surname: SAUNDERS
Forename: Arthur
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
Service_Number: 13072(13972)
Residence: Lydney
Notes_1: Enlisted _August_1914 KIA 01_November_1916 Remembered or Buried in Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B
Notes_2: Wounded, September_1916
Newspaper: _
Date_Published: _
Image: _
Soundex: S536

The database lists other "Saunders" of "Lydney", don't know yet if they are related to your family Pauline.

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http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/index.php/ww1-servicemen

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Trying to check the family group is correct, these Census' from LDS / FamilySearch site show that it is;

Looks like mother Sarah remarried after losing husband John Saunders in 1896, altho I'm struggling to find a marriage;

1901 Census. Albert Street, Lydney (Gloucs), Monmouthshire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Sarah Thorne Head F 40 Lydney, Gloucestershire
William Saunders Son M 19 TINPLATE COLD ROLLER. Lydney, Gloucestershire
John Saunders Son M 16 TINPLATE COLD ROLLER. Lydney, Gloucestershire
Charles Saunders Son M 12 Lydney, Gloucestershire
Arthur Saunders Son M 10 Lydney, Gloucestershire
Christina G Saunders Daughter F 7 Lydney, Gloucestershire
Annie Thorne Step Daughter F 14 Berkeley, Gloucestershire

1891 Census. Lydney, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, England
Household Role Sex AgeBirthplace
John Saunders Head M 34 Railway Labourer. Monmouthshire, England
Sarah Saunders Wife F 29 Gloucestershire, England
William Saunders Son M 9 Gloucestershire, England
Albert H Saunders Son M 7 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
John Saunders Son M 6 Gloucestershire, England
Charles Saunders Son M 2 Gloucestershire, England

1911 Census. Queen Street, Lydney, Monmouthshire, England
Household Role Sex Birthplace
William Thorne Head M 55 GENERAL LABOURER. Thornbury Blos
Sarah Thorne Wife F 50 Lydney, Gloucestershire
William Saunders Stepson M 29 TIN PLATE WORKER TRIMMER. Lydney, Gloucestershire
John Saunders Stepson M 26 TIN PLATE WORKER BATCHER. Lydney, Gloucestershire
Arthur Saunders Stepson M 18 TIN PLATE WORKER LABOURER. Lydney, Gloucestershire

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FreeBMD has;
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1900 (>99%)
Saunders Sarah Thornbury 6a 569
Thorne William Thornbury 6a 569

FoD PRs;

Record_ID: 204111
Entry_Number: 603
Year: 1916
Month: Sep
Day: 30
Surname: THORNE
Forenames: William
Residence: Lydney
Age_at_death: 60
Officiating_Minister: John C E Besant
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/37
Page_No: 76
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: T650

Record_ID: 205152
Entry_Number: 46
Year: 1937
Month: Nov
Day: 11
Surname: THORNE
Forenames: Sarah
Residence: 6 Jubilee Road
Age_at_death: 76
Officiating_Minister: L V Wraith Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/38
Page_No: 6
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: T650

In case you've not seen these prior posts, the work of the highly-skilled and very hard-working men at the Lydney Tinplate works has been discussed before, see this post and the links therein;
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=47872

Which reminds me that this was part of a thread discussing the existance, or not?, of a memorial dedicated to the Lydney Tinplaters of WW1.
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=47871

It refers to an excellent webpage about the Lydney War Memorial, which includes much detail about the life and death of Arthur Saunders RIP. It also confirms that brother Albert also served, and the absence of Charles' name suggested he did not.
http://www.deanweb.info/war.html

HOWEVER, as I cannot find ANY clear (local) Marriage or Burial Records for Charles, in this site's PRs or on FreeBMD or GlosBMD, and I cannot find him in the 1911 Census, then I cannot be sure.

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