Name
Joseph Dyer
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/06/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
110194
Royal Field Artillery
'D' Battery, 50th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES
I. F. 11.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted, Northchurch Village Memorial, St Mary’s Church Window, Northchurch
Pre War
Joseph was born in 1895 in Aylesbury to William John Dyer and Sarah (nee Hicks).
The family had moved to Northchurch by the 1901 Census and to Sunnyside, Berkhampsted by the 1911 Census. There were 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
Wartime Service
Joseph enlisted at Watford into the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner 110194 and is known to have served with 'D' Battery L (50th) Brigade RFA. This was a Howitzer Battery and was present at the Battles of Arras and the Scarpe.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £7 10s. paid and arrears of £9 17s. to Georgina Kempster
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/first-world-war-database