Royal Garrison Artillery

World War 1 1914 – 1918

Asiatic Theatre (India)

Corporal (Gunner) 38241

Frederick Dyer 17/05/1891 – 17/12/1919

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Name: Frederick Dyer

Military Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery 8th Pack Battery (Enlisted Nov 1912)

Rank and number: Corporal (Gunner) 38241 Theatre of War: Asiatic Theatre (g)

War & Duty Location: W0rld War 1 (India) Enlisted: Volunteered Nov 1912 in Reading

Campaign Medals: 15 Star; British War; Victory; India Commemorated: India

Date of Death: 17/12/1919 Age on Death: 28

Place of Death: Peshawar, NW Frontier Province, Pakistan Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Place Buried: Peshawar (Right) B.C. XXIX. 40. Memorial: India Gate Memorial, Dehli (Face 1)

Date of Birth: 17/05/1891 Birth Place: Kempley, Gloucestershire

Baptism: 1911 Census Civil Parish: Worcester (377)

Home Address: The Lower House, Kempley. Postcode/Tardis No: GL18 2BS / 128

Marital Status: Single / Boarder Occupation: Tram conductor

Father’s Name: William Dyer of Lower House Father’s DoB/DoD: 1862 - 1905

Father’s Occupation: Farmer Groom’s Status: Bachelor/Adult (Literate)

Date of Marriage: 19/03/1891 at Kempley Brides Status: Spinster/Adult (Literate)

Mother’s Maiden Name: Sarah Elizabeth Palmer of Kempley Court Mother’s DoB/DoD: 1866 – 09/04/1915 (Widowed 1905)

Mother’s Occupation: Domestic Help (on Mothers Farm) 5 Siblings/D.o.B: Phillis M Dyer (1892-1991)

Dorothy Janet Dyer (1893) Majorie Dyer (1895-1962) Barbara Dyer (20/06/1896-1970) Ruth Dyer (22/06/1899)

FREDERICK DYER (Fred)

In 1891 Frederick (pictured standing) became the first born and only son of six children to William and Sarah Dyer, of The Lower House, Kempley. Prior to enlisting in 1912, Fred had not followed his recently deceased father into farming but instead worked as a tram conductor based in Worcester. As Corporal (Gunner) in the Royal Garrison Artillery, his service took him as far away as India where, in Peshawar, near the War’s end in 1919 he died of pneumonia. His cousin Dudley Dyer appears on the Dymock Memorial.

The Next of Kin Plaque (Widows Penny)

& Kings Letter Frederick Dyer