at Loos. He was granted honorary membership of the regiment. He died on 30 July 1947 of kidney problems, he was cremated and his ashres scattered in Ipswich Cemetery's Garden of Rest. Legacy His VC was given to the Suffolk Regiment Museum in Bury St Edmunds by his widow in 1989. A blue plaque was erected to Arthur at his 1914 home of 180 Cauldwell Hall Road in Ipswich in September 2010. A memorial also exists in the paving at Christchurch Park in Ipswich. Family On 6 December 1908 he married 18 year old Edith Muriel Everitt. Their son Thomas was born in 1909 Edward was born in 1912. His daughter Nina was born in 1923. References Bibliography Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) VCs of the First World War (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999) External links Location of grave and VC medal (Suffolk) Website dedicated to Sgt. Saunders and the Victoria Cross medal 1879 births 1947 deaths Military personnel from Ipswich Royal Navy sailors Suffolk Regiment soldiers British Home Guard soldiers British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army personnel of World War I British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross