Walter Edward Sayer

A Second Mate with S.S. Mesopotamia, Walter died on 30th of November 1918 at the age of 23. 

Walter was born at Lowestoft in 1896, a son of Francis Robert and Marie Elsie Sayer. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 13 August 1897 and his family lived at 4 Battery Green Road. By 1911 his family were living at Saint Margaret’s, The Marina, and Walter was a boarder at Framlingham College. Later his family lived at 94 Clapham Road, and his brother, John, lived at 19 The Esplanade. 

In 1915 Walter was an apprentice in the Mercantile Marine and he served on S.S. Inveresk. By 1918 Walter was the Second Mate on the troopship S.S. Mesopotamia. 

Officially records show that Walter was accidentally shot and killed. This may have been connected to the fact that the S.S. Mesopotamia was a troopship.  

Walter's brother Frank served in the Suffolk Regiment and died in 1918.