South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944
Wounded
Mrs. White, of 132, Doncaster Rd, Mexborough, received official intimation on Tuesday that her stepson, Gnr. Leonard Sanders (25), had been wounded in North West Europe, and was placed on the dangerously ill list on November 21st.
The letter went on to say that the wounds had necessitated the amputation of the right foot and left leg. Further to this, however, Mrs. White has received a short cheerful letter from her stepson, postmarked November 26th, from a hospital in England, in which he states he is in very capable and gentle hands, and is receiving every possible care.
Gnr. Sanders, who went to France on D-Day, has been in the Army for four years