About James Sayer
Lived 1826 – 1908 (aged 82). James Sayer was a military leader.
Lieutenant-General Sir James Robert Steadman Sayer (13 January 1826 – 12 June 1908) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Western District.
Sayer was born at Sibton Park, the eldest son of Robert Sayer and Frances Errington.
Military career Sayer was commissioned as a cornet in the King's Dragoon Guards on 23 May 1845. He served as a junior officer in the Crimean War and subsequently served in the British Indian Army.
He was appointed Colonel of the 8th Hussars for a brief time in 1886. He was then Colonel of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards from 1886 to 1908 and, in that capacity, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1906 Birthday Honours.
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Who was James Sayer?
British Army general
When was James Sayer born?
James Sayer was born on 13 January 1826 in Sibton Park.
When did James Sayer die?
James Sayer died on 12 June 1908 in Marylebone.
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James Sayer was a military leader.
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