Description
Queen’s South Africa, 3 bars, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, King’s South Africa, 2 bars, SA 1901, SA 1902, 4032 Private William Saunders, 2nd Dragoons aka The Royal Scots Greys.
QSA officially impressed: “4032 Pte W. Saunders 2nd Dragoons”
KSA officially impressed: “4032 Pte W. Saunders 2nd Drgns”
William Saunders born in Ramsden, Witney, Oxfordshire circa 1872.
Enlisted in the Dragoon Guards on 8th September 1892, from the 4th Militia Oxford Light Infantry.
He would see the following service over 12 years:
Home 8th Sept 1892 – 23rd Jan 1893
India, 24th Jan 1893 – 20th Oct 1894
Egypt, 21st Oct 1894 – 3rd Nov 1896
Home, 4th Nov 1896 – 7th Sept 1899
South Africa, 9th Feb 1900 – 19th Aug 1902
Home, 20th Aug 1902 – 14th April 1903
Army Reserve, 15th April 1903 – 7th Sept 1904.
