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9th Coast Regiment

 

Supplied by Michael Nellis

With the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

 

This Page is Dedicated To

1776800

Gunner

Saunders, Richard Charles John

 

United Kingdom

Royal Artillery

9 Coast Regiment

 

Japanese POW

Force:

 
 

Work Areas:

 
 

Survived/Died:

Died

Age:

35

Date of Death:

1944/09/12

Cause of Death:

 
 

Place of Death:

North East of Hainan Island off China

Buried:

 
 

 

Loved Ones

Son of Richard and Mary Saunders; husband of Louise Saunders, of Herne Hill, London.

 

Memorial

Column 29.

Singapore Memorial

 

Being transported to Japan in the Kachidoki Maru. sunk by USS Pampanito. Carrying 900 British prisoners from Singapore to Japan, 400 were lost.

 

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