BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN SAYER (1859-1912) & HANNAH FISHER (1854-1924), OF 7, ABERDEEN TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 46, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 38 INC CHEST, 141 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22357, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. WOUNDED ON 23 APRIL 1917. DIED OF BACK WOUNDS AT ARRAS, ON 3RD MAY 1917, AGED 20.
HIS BROTHER. PRIVATE, JAMES EDWARD SAYER, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 4TH OCTOBER 1917, AGED 25.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR SAYER (1889-1938), 22512, EYR, WAS AWARDED THE SILVER WAR BADGE AND LIVED WITH HIS WIFE JULIA ANN, AT 33, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL.
| Name | Harold Sayer |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Newington, Hull, 1896 |
| Death Date | 3 May 1917 |
| Death Place | Le Treport Military Cemetery, Seine Maritime, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull – 9 Dec 1915 |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | Machine Gun Corps Infantry 90th Company |
| Battalion | (Infantry) |
| Regimental Number | 30747 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of gunshot wounds to right hand and back |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 22357, E. Yorks Regt. |
