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Lieutenant Colonel ALEXANDER WARD FORTESCUE SAYRES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Medical Corps

2nd/1st Wessex Field Amb

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1917

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. C. 28.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Youngest son of the Rev. Edward Sayres, of Cold Ashton Rectory, Glos.; husband of Bertha Sayres, of 4, Marlborough Terrace, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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