Private Len Saunders

24 Jul 1994

  • CVSM with Clasp Ribbon
  • France and Germany Star medal

Private Len Saunders was a soldier in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. He came from Parry Sound, Ontario. 

He qualified as a parachutist on 11 September, 1943 and became part of HQ Company. He was pictured on a promotional image of the "first Canadians in France", but was captured in Normandy and sent to Stalag 4C in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. 

He survived the war and died on July 24, 1994. 

 

Compiled with information from:

Airborne Assault Archive (Box 3F1 3.17.1)

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Private Len Saunders

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