Alexander Ward Fortescue Sayres
Memorial: Cold Ashton - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lieutenant Colonel
Parents: Rev. Edward Sayres
Marital status: Married
Home address: 4 Marlborough Terrace, Bovey Tracey, Devon
Date of birth: 1867
Date of death: 10/10/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery Extension (III. C. 28.), Somme, France
Age: 50
Further information:
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Ward Fortescue Sayres served in the 2nd/1st Wessex Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps and died on Wednesday 10 October 1917 aged 50 yrs. He is buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was the youngest son of the Rev. Edward Sayres of Cold Ashton Rectory and husband of Bertha Sayres of 4 Marlborough Terrace, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
glosgen.co.uk, Forces War Records and CWGC