Biography: Sanders, William Edward

Lieutenant Commander William Edward Sanders

William Sanders was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery during a naval attack by a German U-boat in 1917.

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Denis Fairfax. 'Sanders, William Edward', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated August 2012. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3177/lieutenant-commander-william-edward-sanders (accessed 4 June 2026).