James Sayer (British Army officer)

Sir James Sayer
Born 1826
Died 1908
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
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

  1. 1 2 "The Sayers of Richmond". Bedford Park. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. "KDG - Succession of Colonels and Commanding Officers". Queen's Dragoon Guards. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27926. p. 4459. 26 June 1906. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
Thomas Pakenham
GOC Western District
18831885
Succeeded by
Thomas Lyons
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