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Surname: DYER
Forename(s): Harry Frank
Place of Birth: Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1917-08-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. B. 31.
CWGC Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Frank Dyer was the son of William John and Emma Dyer, née Ward. William was born at Rochester, Kent and Emma at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
1891 Bridgnorth, Shropshire Census: 39, Underhill Street - Harry F. Dyer, aged 4 years, born Bridgnorth, son of William J. and Emma Dyer.
1901 Bridgnorth, Shropshire Census: 7, Victoria Road (late Millicent Terrace) - Harry F. Dyer, aged 14 years, born Bridgnorth, son of William J. and Emma Dyer.
1911 Cardiff, Glamorgan Census: 83, Claude Road - Harry Frank Dyer, aged 24 years, born Bridgnorth, Salop. [Harry was boarding with William and Mary Ann Waugh.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: 2/Lt Harry Frank Dyer, 6th W. Rid. R. (T.F.). Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 9.11.16. Died 28.8.17. D. of W. Correspondence: Rev. W.J. Dyer (Father) Linley, Hadley Road, New Barnet, Herts.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2/Lieut H.F. Dyer, W. Riding Regiment. D of W. 28.8.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2/Lt H.F. Dyer, D. of Wellington's Regt. Date and Place of Death: 28.8.17. Wounds. To whom issued/Amount: Barclays Bank for credit to the a/c of Rev William John Dyer. £89 10s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Harry not found.
Harry is commemorated on Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth Grammar School War Memorials.
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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2nd Lieutenant Harry Frank DYER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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2nd Lieutenant Harry Frank Dyer
Kindly supplied by Caroline Dent
Next of kin Memorial Plaque and accompanying bestowal document with King's message
Courtesy of Caroline Dent
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
CWGC Headstone
Courtesy of Colin Chadwick, Harrogate
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
CWGC Headstone - personal inscription
Courtesy of Colin Chadwick, Harrogate
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