Life story: John William Sayer | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	John William
Initials	JW
Last Name	Sayer
Source	8541476

Gender	Source
Male

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	G/14498	The Queen's Regiment		Private
British Army	14498			Lance Corporal

Award	Type	Source
VC	British Award/Decoration

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Edith Louise Maynard	wife	1904

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Victoria Cross Recipients 1854-2006 Transcription	Trevor321
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription	Barbara27286
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Barbara27286
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Barbara27286
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription	Barbara27286
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Barbara27286
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Barbara27286

Reference	Connected by	More information
The London Gazette - Victoria Cross	Trevor321
Profile on Wikipedia.	Trevor321
Details for Lance Corporal John William Sayer VC	Barbara27286

Title	Connected by	More information
John William Sayer VC.	Trevor321
Grave of L/Cpl J W Sayer VC	Neil202
Row of graves where L/Cpl Sayer rests	Neil202

ID: 3918854

Reference: WO372/17

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/3922676

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8541473

Reference: gbm_victoria_cross

Title: Victoria Cross Recipients 1854-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Trevor321

UPP: GBM/VCR/1112

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

ID: 8541474

Title: The London Gazette - Victoria Cross

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31395/page/7419
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ID: 8541476

Title: Profile on Wikipedia.

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Sayer
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ID: 8549635

Title: John William Sayer VC.

Description: John William Sayer VC. Photograph from Wikipedia.

Connected by: Trevor321

ID: 9357171

Title: Grave of L/Cpl J W Sayer VC

Connected by: Neil202

ID: 9357180

Title: Row of graves where L/Cpl Sayer rests

Description: This a photograph taken at the CWGC Cemetery. L/Cpl lays just left of the tree against the wall.

Connected by: Neil202