Sanders, George b. July 8, 1894 d. April 4, 1950 World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Leeds, England, he served as a Corporal in the 1/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, British Army. During the Battle of the Somme France, on July 1, 1916, after an advance into the enemy's trenches, Corporal Sanders found himself isolated alone with a party of 30 men. He organized his defenses, detailed a bombing party and impressed upon the men that their duty was to hold the position at all costs. The next morning he drove off an attack by the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Cottingley Hall Cemetery and Crematorium, Beeston, West Yorkshire, England
b. July 8, 1894 d. April 4, 1950