1930, aged 18

b. 16 May 1912, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex

Father: William Sanders, a corn merchant

After competing in the 1933 King's Cup air race in his Southern Martlet G-ABIF, he was confirmed as a Pilot Officer in the RAF in September 1933.

Address in 1935: 'Casilla', The Cliff, Roedean, Sussex

"F/O. William Daniel Dennehy and F/O. Theodore Cecil Sanders, the pilot and passenger of an aircraft of No. 2 Armoured Car Company, Ramleh, Palestine, lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Sarafand on September 26, 1935".. "Dennehy was a New Zealander, Sanders lived in Sussex, and had been at Ramleh since the beginning of February last."

"Flying Officer Sanders was the son of Mr. William Sanders, of Roedean. Sussex, who is a cousin of Mr. Isaac Pike, Bradley Road, Trowbridge, and of Mrs. S. Whatley, of Rock Road. The young airman had visited his relatives at Trowbridge on several occasions, and was very popular with everybody he knew. The family will have the sympathy all in their tragic loss." - Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser - Saturday 28 September 1935

"He is commemorated on a family grave in Woodvale Cemetery, Brighton, and the inscription reads:

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF FLYING OFFICER THEODORE CECIL SANDERS, RAF

KILLED  AT SARAFAND, PALESTINE 26TH SEPTEMBER 1935,  AGED 22 YEARS"

- with thanks to Richard Maddox, of the War Memorials Register Project Team.