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Cpl. Edward Dwyer VC
British Army 1st Btn. East Surrey Regiment
(d.3rd September 1916)
Edward Dwyer was klled in action on 3rd of September 1916, aged 20 and is buried in the Flatiron Copse Cemetery in France.
An extract from the "London Gazette," dated 21st May, 1915, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at "Hill 60" on the 20th April, 1915. When his trench was heavily attacked by German grenade throwers he climbed on to the parapet, and, although subjected to a hail of bombs at close quarters, succeeded in dispersing the enemy by the effective use of his hand grenades. Private Dwyer displayed great gallantry earlier on this day in leaving his trench, under heavy shell fire, to bandage his wounded comrades."
Pte. James Dwyer
British Army 793rd H.T. Coy. Army Service Corps
from:Athy, Co. Kildare
(d.31st March 1918)
Private James Dwyer was 39 when he died. He is buried in the South-West corner of the Athy (St. Michael's) Cemetery, Co. Kildare, plot No. 2.
Lt. John James Dwyer VC
Australian Imperial Force 4th Coy Machine Gun Corps
from:Australia
Pte. Michael Dwyer
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
(d.9th March 1915)
Michael Dwyer died of wounds and is buried in the south west part of the Cashel (Hore abbey) Graveyard in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Frank H. Dyball
British Army 2/24th Btn. London Regiment
Frank Dyball served in the 2nd/24th London Regiment from July 1915 to the end of the war.
Gnr. Robert Dyble
British Army 25th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
from:Flegg, Great Yarmouth
(d.13th Aug 1918)
Pte. Walter Dyble
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Hemsby, Norfolk
(d.25th Jan 1916)
Walter Dyble died of wounds after a training exercise which involved the firing of a Hales No. 3 grenade that prematurely exploded.
Pte. William Irvine Dyce
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Scots
(d.18th June 1915)
William Dyce died on the 18th of June 1915, aged 19. He is buried in the Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
A/Sgt. Valentine Marcel Christian Guillaume Vanden "Will" Dyck
British Army 175 Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Will Dyck was shell shocked, wounded in the right knee, and invalided out in 1919. He was with tanks which went to France in August 1917 then 25 Heavy Battery RGA
Pte. Arthur Dye
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. A. C.V. Dyer
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Paignton, Devon
(d.4th May 1917)
Private Dyer was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dyer of 13, Ridgway Terrace, Paignton, Devon. He was 22 when he died and he is buried in the Monaco Principality Cemetery in Monaco.
L/Cpl. Charles Henry Dyer
British Army D Company, 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
from:218 Albert Road, North Woolwich, London
(d.20th July 1916)
Charles Dyer joined up in March 1914, he was treated for shrapnel wounds to his face in March 1916 then re-joined his unit but was killed on the Somme on 20th of July 1916. He was 19 when he died. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Daniel Dyer
British Army 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Crookham, Berkshire
(d.14th Oct 1915)
Daniel Dyer died on the 14th October 1915 from wounds sustained at the Ypres Salient in Flanders, Belgium. He was 31 years old. He is buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery. He left a wife, Alice and two sons, Walter and Morris.
Cpl. Frank Dyer
British Army 15th Bth Hampshire Regiment
from:Portsmouth.
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Pte. Frederick Ewart Dyer
British Army 15th Btn. London Regiment
from:Derby
(d.15th Sep 1918)
Frederick Ewart Dyer was my uncle. He was born in Derby and was educated at Bemrose School. On leaving school he secured a scholarship to attend Cambridge University. However, before this could come about he decided to enlist in the army. Sadly he was not to return. The family know nothing of how or where he was killed, only that he is interred in the Chambieres National Cemetery in Metz. Any additional information would be appreciated.
Sgt. Gilbert Dyer
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
James Frederic Dyer
British Army 1st Battalion East Lancashire Resiment
from:
I have a silver mug inscribed: "To My Dear Son Bt. Major James Frederic Dyer 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment in loving recognition of Duties well fulfilled in the Great War 1914-1919 from Mother July 8th 1919"
He was my grandfather
Pte. James Dyer
British Army Suffolk Regiment
Pvt. James Dyer
British Army 4th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
Pte. John Dyer
British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:53 Earl Street, Blackburn, Lancs.
(d.18th Oct 1916)
The only story I have of my great uncle, John Dyer is that the family threw a huge party for him when he was home on leave. I presume this would be early 1916. He told his family that it would be a one way trip to the front and that he would perish along with his comrades. What courage to return to certain death and what must he have seen to be all too aware of his fate?
Stoker 1st Class. Richard E. Dyer
Royal Navy HMS Bergamot
(d.13th Aug 1917)
Major Stewart B.B. Dyer DSO
British Army 3rd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.26th January 1917)
Major Dyer was formerly with the 2nd Life Guards.
Hon. Attache British Embassy, Madrid, Dec., 1915, to Dec.,1916.
He is buried in the Madrid British Cemetery, II. C. 2. in Spain.
Pte William Ewart Dyer
2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
Sub.Lt. Edwin L.A. Dyett
Royal Navy 5th Nelson Btn. 63rd Royal Naval Division
(d.5th Jan 1917)
Edwin Dyett was executed for desertion in the face of the enemy on 5th January 1917 and is buried in Le Crotoy Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.
Perhaps presuming upon the traditional leniency extended to the better classes, Dyett had little inkling of his fate during the weeks after his arrest. He’d been collared during the aforementioned Somme campaign for “deserting” for two days when he’d taken umbrage at being directed to the front by an inferior officer and instead returned to headquarters for orders. As late as Christmas Eve, he was still keeping his parents in the dark, certain that the misunderstanding was not enough to even “cause a sitting.” That sitting, however, occurred forthwith on Boxing Day, with only a half-hour for the defense to prepare. That defense was less than robust, and the court clearly disinclined to a sympathetic reading of the circumstances.
Dyett had only just turned 21, but clemency appeals around youth and the confusion of the situation would cut no ice. “If a private behaved as he did,” wrote the officer charged to review it, “it is highly likely he would be shot.” Lt. Dyett had only a single evening from hearing the bad news to prepare himself for what must have seemed to him a shocking turn of events. This time, he posted a different sort of missive to the home front.
Dearest Mother Mine, I hope by now you will have had the news. Dearest, I am leaving you now because He has willed it. My sorrow tonight is for the trouble I have caused you and dad. Please excuse any mistakes, but if it were not for the kind support of the Rev. W.C. — who is with me tonight, I should not be able to write myself. I should like you to write to him, as he has been my friend. I am leaving all my effects to you, dearest; will you give a little — half the sum you have of mine? Give dear Dad my love and wish him luck. I feel for you so much and I am sorry for bringing dishonour upon you all. Give — my love. She will, I expect, understand – and give her back the presents, photos, cards, etc., she has sent me, poor girl. So now dearest Mother, I must close. May God bless and protect you all now and for evermore. Amen.
Dad didn’t take it with the stiff upper lip; after a futile campaign to clear the boy, he renounced his citizenship and emigrated to America.
Pte. Christopher Handel Dyke
British Army 1st Btn. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
(d.6th Apr 1916)
Son of Edward and Annie Brooks Dyke, of Playing Close, Charlbury, Oxon.
Pte. O. M. Dyke
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas Walter Dykes
British Army 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Tynemouth
(d.7th July 1916)
Pte. Thomas Dykes
British Army 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Cullercoats
(d.14th April 1915)
Pte. Thos. Dykes
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
Sgt. William Dykes
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Haslington
(d.18th April 1918)
William Dykes lived at 132 High Street, Haslington and enlisted in Crewe on 29th of November 1915 giving his age as 19 years and 4 months, he gave the wrong age (as was common) and had been born in 1898 so he was only 17 at the time. His father William was a carter for the co-op stores and William worked in the train sheds at Crewe.
He fought in the War for 2 years and 141 days and was wounded and hospitalised on two occasions. He was promoted in the field to Sergeant on 20th of October 1917. He was granted leave at the end of March 1918 and was killed on his return less than three weeks later. His recorded death was the 18th of April however he was likely to have been killed before this as this was the day the Welch Fusiliers were relieved and this is when he would have been reported as missing in action. The fury of the battle was on the 14th and 15th and William's body was never found.
His name is on the memorials at Tyne Cot memorial in Belgium (along with 35,000 other unfound soldiers) Haslington Town Memorial and the Crewe Railway Workers Memorial now in the first class lounge at Crewe station.
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