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Name: SAYER, Humphrey DSO, MC (Capt.)

Photo Source: Phil Toye

Nee: bro of Alfred Carlisle Sayer

Birth Date: 9 May 1889 St Leonards on Sea, bapt. 12 June

Death Date: 1943 Bishops Nympton, Devon

First Date: 1920

Last Date: 1944

Profession: Farmer

Area: 'Senetwa' Songhor, Molo

Married: 1. 1922 Ethel May Hopley (later m. Richard Ussher and d. 5 July 1933 in an aeroplane accident with him at Mbeya, Tanganyika; see her entry under Hopley); 2. In Nakuru 8 Oct 1930 Marjorie E.M. Street b. 10 June 1898

Children: Bertram Humphrey (1923 Kenya -10 June 1944 on active service, France)

Book Reference: KAD, Debrett, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Racing, DSO, SS, Gazette

War Service: Capt. Sussex Yeomanry (Reserve); European War 1914-19 (despatches, MC, DSO)

General Information:

Racing - Owner of 'Chinaman' - 1929

Racing - Owner of 'First Venture' - 1929

Racing - Owner of 'Resister' - 1929

Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major H. Sayer, DSO, MC, Yew Tree House, Westfield, Battle, Sussex - Farm 946

Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - (Captain) Humphrey Sayer - Farmer, Senetwa - Songhor

Lt. Humphrey Sayer, Royal Artillery, birthplace Kenya, d. 10 June 1944 - Army Roll of Honour [son]. CWGC in St Charles de Percy War Cem. Calvados, France

1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in South Molton, Devon, as riding school and hunting stable proprietor

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