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Private Frederick James SANDERS, L/8203, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd August 1914.

26th October1888, born Paddington, Middlesex, son of Nelson & Mildred (nee Venn) Sanders.

December 1902, Great Western Railway, Register of Uniformed Staff - Frederick James Sanders, born 26th October1888, admitted, age 14, Vanguard, 26 Regent Street, dismissed January 1904.

1911 Census - Military, India - Frederick James Sanders, Private, age 24, single, 2nd Battalion,  Royal West Kent Regiment, born London.

1911 Census - 24 Watford Heath, Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordshire - Nelson Sanders, head, age 59, married, house painter, worker, born Birmingham; Mildred Sanders, wife, age 60, married 35 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Billinghust, Sussex; Gertrude Sanders, daughter, age 24, single, relief stamper, worker, born Chelsea, London; Albert Sanders, son, age 19, single, waiter, club, worker, born Chelsea, London; Albert Henry Stiff, boarder, age 49, single, (married 24 years, no children, crossed out), Estate Business Agent, worker, born London, Paddington.

25th December 1913, All Souls, Harlesden, London, Frederick James Sanders, age 25, bachelor, Commissionaire, 103 Buchanan Gardens, Kensal Rise, father Nelson Horatius Sanders, decorator, married Ellen Matilda Sharpe, age 27, spinster,  103 Buchanan Gardens, Kensal Rise, father Charles Sharpe (deceased), labourer.

Children - Mildred Fredrica Sanders, born 17th January 1915, daughter of Frederick James, (Commissionaire),  & Ellen Matilda Sanders, 37 Clifford Gardens; 11th February 1915, St Martin, Kensal Rise, Middlesex, baptised.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent.  Resided Watford, Hertfordshire.

15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.