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Surname: SAYER
Forename(s): Cecil Oversby
Place of Birth: Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland
Service No: ---
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1915-06-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: A. 67.
CWGC Cemetery: KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Cecil Oversby Sayer (born 13 November 1884) was the son of John and Elizabeth Sayer, née Close. Both parents were born at Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland.
1891 Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland Census: Main Street - Cecil Oversby Sayer, aged 6 years, born Kirkby Stephen, son of John and Elizabeth Sayer.
1901 Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland Census: Main Street - Cecil O. Sayer, aged 16 years, born Kirkby Stephen, son of John and Elizabeth Sayer.
Cecil was married to Ethel Caroline Edwards in 1910.
1911 Hartley, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland Census: Cecil Oversby Sayer, aged 26 years, born Kirkby Stephen. [Cecil and his wife, Ethel, were visiting her sister, Hilda Marion and brother-in-law, Blendal Middleton Boyns.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Lt Cecil Oversby Sayer, 7th Durham Light Infantry. Theatre of War: (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 19 April 1915.
Cecil was a church bell ringer and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour of The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
Cecil is commemorated on the Kirkby Stephen War Memorial.
Photograph © IWM (HU126219).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Lieutenant Cecil Oversby SAYER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Durham Light Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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Newcastle
Cathedral
Sunday 7th. June 2015 in 45 minutes tenor 13-1-02
1260 Plain Bob Minor
( 36 singles )
1 Stephen B. Bell
2 Joanne Ayre
3 Peter K. D. Dawson
4 Richard Grainger
5 Edmund P. Crowdy
6 Howard E. J. Smith ( cond )
Rung to Commemorate the life of Lieutenant Cecil Oversby Sayer who was a ringer at Holy Trinity ( Hendon ) Sunderland. Son of John and Elizabeth Sayer, husband of Ethel C. J. Sayer, of “Wynncote,” Oakwood Lane, Roundhay, Leeds. Born at Kirkby Stephen he joined the 7th Battalion, Durham Light infantry and died of wounds as a prisoner of war 7/6/1915. He is buried in Kortrijk (St.Jan) Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Grave A. 67.
Cecil Sayer was elected an Honorary Member of the Newcastle Cathedral Guild on 15/4/1915. The Ringing Master delivered a eulogy and gave thanks with prayers. Rung as part of “Ringing to Remember” the Durham & Newcastle Association of Church Bellringers First World War Ringing Commemoration.
Cecil Oversby Sayer we have remembered you.