A young man from Co Kildare aged 34 years old ........ Treherne Saunderson, Samuel. Rank; Captain, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force. Killed while flying in London, April 22, 1918. Born Harristown. Captain Samuel Treherne Bassett Saunderson, 131st Squadron, Royal Air Force. First overseas service in Egypt in December 1915, although it is not known with which unit. Served in France as a Lieutenant in the North Irish Horse. Killed in a flying accident on 22 April 1918. Buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Shawbury, Shropshire, England. Grave located in the south-east of the grounds. Captain Saunderson was married to Florence Saunderson, 19, of Cliveden Place, SW. The inscription reads - IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL TRAHERNE BASSETT SAUNDERSON, CAPTAIN, ROYAL AIR FORCE, BORN 1884, KILLED WHILE FLYING APRIL 22ND 1918. Shawbury (St Mary's) Churchyard, Shropshire, United Kingdom. Most of the 40 Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves in this Churchyard date from the Second World War and lie in the far corner as seen in the picture below. Five graves from the First World War lie in the south-east of the grounds, in the wildlife conservation part of the Churchyard.
In Memory of Captain S T SAUNDERSON 131st Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on 22 April 1918 Remembered with honour SHAWBURY (ST. MARY THE VIRGIN) CHURCHYARD
