EDWARD HERBERT SAYER
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Photograph courtesy of Michael Sayer.
TEDDY
Known as TITCH in the Army.
Born: 1918, 26, Riverside Road, Ipswich.
Died: 13th February 1942; age: 24; KiA during the Battle of Singapore.
Known to be working on a demolition project in Malaya when the Japanese invaded.
Residence: 26, Riverside Road, Ipswich.
Brother to WALTER BERT SAYER.
Rank: Sapper; Service Number: 2033503.
Regiment: Royal Engineers, 35 Fortress Company.
Final resting place unknown.
Memorial Reference:
Column 41.
Singapore.
Father: Albert Edward Sayer, born August 1884 in Bramford, Suffolk. A Journeyman Bricklayer and an ex-sergeant for the Royal Army Service Corps. Albert returned from the 1st World War suffering from shell shock after being shot in the head. He was later committed to the Ipswich Mental Hospital, Heathlands, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
Mother: Ethel Rose Sayer (nee Welham), born March 1894, Creeting St. Peter, Suffolk.
Stepfather: William Clifford Hardwicke, born October 1905, in Otley, Suffolk. A lorry driver.
CENSUS
1921 26, Riverside Road, Ipswich.
Walter was 17 months old and lived with his mother and brothers at the home of their maternal grandparents.
William Welham, 73 years & 10 months old, born Battisford, Suffolk.
Catherine Welham (nee Knock), 68 years & 3 months old, Home Duties, born Battisford – died 1924, Ipswich.
Ethel Sayer, 27 years & 3 months old, Home Duties.
Frank Albert Sayer, 6 years & 11 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
Edward Herbert Sayer, 3 years & 1 month old, born Ipswich.
Family note: Michael Sayer:
The photograph is of my Uncles taken in Singapore where they met by chance whilst en route to the Far East. Of course, after that meeting, they never met again.
Steve Brown :
Edward and Walter Sayer are my uncles. I understand that the photo shown of them together above was taken when they met purely by chance whilst in active service on the other side of the world. Walter in the Airforce and Edward (Teddy) in the Army, It was the last time they were to ever see one another. My poor Nana & mum were never to see their beloved sons/brothers again. Their father Albert Sayer had returned from the 1st world war suffering from shell shock after being shot in the head. Sadly he was committed to what was then called the “insane asylum” that had stood where the Two Rivers Medical Centre now stands on Woodbridge Road. The then-family home of 26 Riverside Road was never to be quite the same again.
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