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Private J Sayers

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Private John SAYERS,  TF/7318,  1st/4th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 30th January 1917, age 22

Born Shermanbury, Henfield, Sussex, son of Samuel & Florence Sayers.

1911 Census - Medmerry Selsey, Chichester, Sussex - Samuel Sayers, head, age 44, married, farm bailiff, worker, born Cowfold, Sussex; Florence Sayers, wife, age 42, married 22 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born West Grinsted, Sussex; John Sayers, son, age 18, single, single, farm labourer, worker, born Shermanbury, Sussex; Albert Sayers, son, age 10, school, born Woodmancote, Sussex; Sarah Sayers, sister, age 37, single, domestic nurse, born Cowfold, Sussex; George Henry William Baird, visitor, age 8, born Westminster, London.

Enlisted Hove, Sussex.

1915, June, Westhamphett, Sussex, Registration District, married Dorothy Madge Pennicord.

Buried at Shermanbury Cemetery, near right side of main path. Sussex