| Surname: | Sayer |
| Initials: | E W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 825115 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. 28/5/1934 he enlisted in the Royal Artillery, 10/4/1937 transferred to CMP. Captured 25/12/1941 Hong Kong. Info from MI9/JAO/No. 43594. Born 1/11/1915, enlisted 28/5/1934, home address: 12 Alexandra Terrace, Margate, Kent. Prison Camps: Shamshuipo, Hong Kong 30/12/1941 to 15/5/1943, Maj Boon RASC, Oeyama, Japan, 1/8/9143 to 9/9/1945, Sgt Harvey, RAMC. Info from Japanese POW Index Card: Sayer, Edward, William, born 1/11/1915, Margate, L/Cpl, 825115, CMP father George, Mother Elizabeth, address: 12 Alexander Terrace, Tivoli Road, Margate, Kent. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 4457, Sayer, Edward William, L/Cpl, 825115, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp OS, Osaka. He is listed on nominal roll for Oeyama POW Camp: 40. 825115, L/Cpl, Sayer, Edward, age 28, C of E, CMP Casualty List 718/10, Hong Kong, Missing, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 866,/18 Hong Kong, POW previously reported missing on List 718, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 765, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1910, POW, previously listed as POW not now POW, previous List 866, Hong Kong. Medal card not found. Edward William Sayer. Extract from the Thanet Advertiser, 20/6/42. Prisoner In Jap Hands. Son of Mr and Mrs G Sayer, of 12 Alexandra Terrace, Tivoli road, Margate, L/Cpl Edward William Sayer, who was reported missing when Hong Kong was captured, is included in the first official list of prisoners of war received from Japanese sources. Joining the Royal artillery about eight years ago, L/Cpl Sayer was later transferred to the Corps of Military Police and had been serving in Hong Kong for about four years, he is an old boy of Salmestonic School. |
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| Imprisonment: | Japan JAPAN 🇯🇵 |