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Captain HUGH WINGFIELD SAYRES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. I. 71.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Borrett Sayres and Ellen Harriet Sayres, of 60, Longridge Rd., Earl's Court, London.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1111
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