POW camp. In July he managed to get a letter to his father telling of his capture and captivity. On 26 December Captain Sanders was sent back to England, and he was discharged in March 1919. Later life After the war in June 1920 he attended a victory party and a Victory Cross reunion dinner on the tenth anniversary of the end of the war in November 1929, both at Buckingham Palace. Sanders unveiled the Leeds Rifles War Memorial at Leeds Minster on Remembrance Sunday 1921. George Sanders VC MC died in Leeds on 4 April 1950 aged 55. His funeral was held at the Cottingley Crematorium in the city. Medals His medal group, including his VC and MC, were sold at auction in 2017 for £240,000. It is reported that they were bought by Lord Ashcroft and will be placed on display at the Imperial War Museum. References West Yorkshire Regiment soldiers British Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross Recipients of the Military Cross British Army personnel of World War I West Yorkshire Regiment officers People from Wortley, Leeds 1894 births 1950 deaths British World War I prisoners of war World War I prisoners of war held by Germany British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Military personnel from Leeds