Percy Saunders | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 July 1916 Newhaven, England |
| Died |
2–3 March 1942 (aged 25)[1] SS Rooseboom, Indian Ocean |
Percival Kitchener Saunders (9 July 1916 – 2–3 March 1942) was an English professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Sunderland and Brentford.[2][3]
Personal life[]
Saunders was a sergeant in the 18th Divisional Workshops, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, during the Second World War.[1] He served in the Far East and in late February 1942, shortly before the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, he was evacuated from Emmahaven on the SS Rooseboom.[4] The ship was headed for Bombay when it was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean on the night of 2–3 March 1942.[4] Saunders was killed and his name is listed on the Kranji War Memorial.[1] Saunders was the only former member of the Brentford and Sunderland squads to lose his life during the war.[4] In December 2014, Saunders and other Sunderland players who lost their lives during the two world wars were commemorated with a statue outside the Stadium of Light.[5]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 1937–38[6] | First Division | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 6 | |
| 1938–39[7] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in Durham Senior Cup
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2536582/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 141. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ White, Eric, ed (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 375. ISBN 0951526200.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 McGarraghy, Paul (18 August 2019). "Football Noir Issue #7 – Percy Saunders" (in en-GB). https://www.otbfootball.net/football-noir-issue-7-percy-saunders/.
- ↑ "Memorial unveiled at SoL – SAFC". http://www.safc.com/news/club-news/2014/december/memorial-unveiled-at-sol.
- ↑ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Season.aspx?SeasonID=59.
- ↑ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Season.aspx?SeasonID=60.
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