Sayers Alfred Miller Pte. 4454640 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 11:01, 26 February 2025

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	\|Army number=4454640		\|Army number=4454640
	\|Rank=Private.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet found but probably late April 1939. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 8th Battalion. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI probably 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Reported as being a Prisoner of War 13/8/1940 - probably captured at Ficheux 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted to the ? Battalion. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 28/8/1946 Div 3/A 31.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet found but probably late April 1939. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 8th Battalion. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI probably 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Reported as being a Prisoner of War 13/8/1940 - probably captured at Ficheux 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted to the ? Battalion. Granted A Release 4/5/1946. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 28/8/1946 Div 3/A 31.
	\|Prisoner of War=Yes - Camps 8B and 344 PoW Number 3900.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - Camps 8B and 344 PoW Number 3900.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=		\|Date of birth=Born 13/1/1921 Houghton le Spring, mother's maiden name Miller. Lived at 3, North Street, Houghton le Spring.
	\|Age=~~(At~~ time of death).		\|Age=82 at the time of his death.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
	\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
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	\|Promotions=None known.		\|Promotions=None known.
	\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.		\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
	\|Died/Killed in action=		\|Died/Killed in action=Death registered in Sunderland in December 2003 at the age of 82.
	\|Home address= (~~To include~~ family and ~~marital details where possible~~).		\|Home address=Father - James Walter Sayers (1885 - 1960), mother Edith Miller (1882 - 1961). In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living with his family at 68 Bowlby Street, Houghton le Spring and working as a Colliery Driver on a Conveyor and also being a member of the 8th Battalion DLI. In October 1947 he married Francis Pitt (1926 - 2013). In 1948 they were living at 9, High Hill Side, Houghton le Spring.
	}}		}}

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	\|Surname and forenames=Sayers Alfred Miller		\|Surname and forenames=Sayers Alfred Miller
	\|Army number=4454640		\|Army number=4454640
	\|Rank=~~Pte~~.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 13/8/1940, Class Z Army Reserve 28/8/1946 Div 3/A 31.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet found but probably late April 1939. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 8th Battalion. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI probably 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Reported as being a Prisoner of War 13/8/1940 - probably captured at Ficheux 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted to the ? Battalion. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 28/8/1946 Div 3/A 31.
	\|Prisoner of War=8B 344 3900		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - Camps 8B and 344 PoW Number 3900.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
			\|Decorations=
			\|Date of birth=
			\|Age=(At time of death).
			\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
			\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
			\|Task or role=Probably Rifleman but not yet confirmed.
			\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
			\|Promotions=None known.
			\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
			\|Died/Killed in action=
			\|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
	}}		}}

			[[File:Page_1_(3)_Sayers.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Medal Card for Pte Sayers.

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Sayers Alfred Miller
|Army number=4454640
|Rank=Pte.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 13/8/1940, Class Z Army Reserve 28/8/1946 Div 3/A 31.
|Prisoner of War=8B 344 3900
|Source table=11DLI
}}