Private Herbert Frank Dyer

Army Number: 102266

Battalion: 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of William Richard Dyer; Husband of Nellie Dyer, of 3, Bells Court, Queen Street, Southampton.Foster son of Eliza Davis, of 24 Queen Street, Southampton. He was a furniture renovator before enlisting on 10th December 1915 at Southampton. He went to France on 17th June 1916 and was admitted to 43 Casualty Clearing Station on 28th February 1916, suffering from Trench fever. He was sent to No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen, on 10th December 1916 and to England on H.S. Wandilla, 17th December 1916. He returned to France on 6th May 1917 and was admitted to 23 Casualty Clearing Station, Lozinghem, suffering from Laryngitis. He was sent to 26 General Hospital, Etaples and transferred to England on h. s. Escouibo, 18th October 1917. He returned to France 21st March 1918 and was killed in action 14th October 1918, aged 23, in the attack at Cable Copse.

Buried: Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 5. Row A. Grave 1.