James Sayer (British Army officer)
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Sir James Sayer
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Born | 1826 |
Died | 1908 |
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Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands held | Western District |
Battles/wars | Crimean War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir James Robertson Steadman Sayer KCB (1826-1908) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Western District.
Military career
Sayer was commissioned as a cornet in the King's Dragoon Guards on 23 May 1845.[1] He served as a junior officer in the Crimean War and subsequently served in the British Indian Army.[1] He became General Officer Commanding Western District in England in April 1883.[2] He was also Colonel of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards[3] and, in that capacity, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1906 Birthday Honours.[4]
References
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Preceded by | GOC Western District 1883–1885 |
Succeeded by Thomas Lyons |