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Pte. Charles Saunders
British Army 5th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Ashford, Middlesex
Charles Saunders joined the Middlesex Regiment 1941 aged 18.
On completing basic training he was transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment, 5th Battalion.
He was on the Torch landings on the 8th of November 1942 and was wounded in the second battle at Longstop Hill in 1943.
He went on to continue through the war until the end taking part in many actions and getting wounded again in Italy.
He was demobbed in 1946.