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Private A B Sawyer

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Private Arthur Brown SAWYER, G/27802, 2nd / 4th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 4th November 1917, age 19.

2nd June 1898, born Lawford, Essex, son of Edward Brown & Rosina B. Sawyer, of South Hill, Manningtree, Essex.

1911 Census - South Street, Manningtree, Essex - Edward Brown Sawyer, head, age 38, married, factory hand in British Xylonite Company, Brantham, Suffolk; Rosina B Sawyer, wife, age 32, married 13 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Lawford, Essex; Arthur B Sawyer, son, age 12, school, born Lawford, Essex; John B Sawyer, son, age 11, school, born Lawford, Essex; Ellen B Sawyer, daughter, age 9, school, born Mistley, Essex; Rosina B Sawyer, daughter, age 7, school, born Mistley, Essex; Ina B Sawyer, daughter, age 5, school, born Mistley, Essex; Edith B Sawyer, daughter, age 3, born Bradfield, Essex; Dorothy B Sawyer, daughter, age 7 months, born Manningtree, Essex; Bertie B Sawyer, brother, age 17, single, working at dairy, worker, born Mistley, Essex.

Enlisted Colchester, Essex.  Resided Manningtree, Essex.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, G. II., Israel.