Royce Coleman Dyer
Royce Coleman Dyer | |
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Archangel, Russia | |
Buried | Archangel Allied Cemetery, Russia |
Allegiance | Canada |
Service/ |
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Years of service | 1914–1918 |
Rank | Captain |
Commands held | Slavo-British Allied Legion "SBAL" aka Dyer's Battalion |
Battles/wars |
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Awards | Military Medal Russian Order of St. George 4th Class |
Early life and World War I
The son of the five-term mayor of Sutton, Quebec, Leon C. Dyer, Royce Coleman Dyer was born in Sutton on February 1, 1889.[1] Before the war he worked as a butcher.[2]
Dyer enlisted on September 23, 1914, in
North Russia intervention
While recovering in England from his bullet wound, he was approached about joining the Special Service Force that was being sent to assist anti-Bolshevik forces near
445 A./Sjt. R. C. Dyer, M.M., 8th Bn., Can. Infy. (N. RUSSIA).
For conspicuous gallantry and resource during the landing at Onega and clearing of the town. He set a very fine example to his men throughout the action, and, from a very exposed position, successfully engaged an enemy machine-gun at close range with his Lewis gun. He showed marked courage in taking up new positions with his gun under heavy machine-gun and cross rifle fire, and by his skilful use of it rendered very valuable service.— The London Gazette 14 January 1919 [6]
Dyer's Battalion
Death
Dyer became ill while serving in Russia and on December 27, 1918, he was admitted to the 82nd Casualty Clearing Station in Bakharitza suffering from fever. The medics there diagnosed his ailment as
Bibliography
Notes
- ^ a b Veterans Affairs Canada 2019
- ^ Library and Archives Canada 2019
- ^ a b c Vachon 2019.
- ^ The Vancouver Daily World 1918, p. 9.
- ^ a b Ford 2017
- ^ The London Gazette 1919, p. 851.
- ^ Swettenham 2017.
- ^ MacLaren 1976, p. 85.
- ^ a b c d Ford 2018
- ^ Kinvig 2007, p. 199.
References
- Ford, Trevor (June 30, 2017). "Dyer's Battalion: the Untold Story of the Russian Revolution (Part I)". canadianmilitaryhistory.ca. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- Ford, Trevor (July 3, 2018). "Dyer's Battalion: the Untold Story of the Russian Revolution (Part II)". canadianmilitaryhistory.ca. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ISBN 9781847250216. – Total pages: 400
- Library and Archives Canada (2019). "Personnel Records of the First World War: Dyer". Government of Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- OCLC 6672113. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- MacLaren, Roy (1976). Canadians in Russia, 1918–1919. Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 9780770513399. – Total pages: 301
- Swettenham, John (2017). Allied Intervention in Russia 1918–1919: And the Part Played by Canada. Routledge. ISBN 9781351798761. – Total pages: 322
- Vachon, Jocelyn (2019). "A Hundred Years Ago, The Great War Began" (PDF). Héritage Sutton. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- The Vancouver Daily World (November 23, 1918). "Original First Hero Turns Up in Siberia". The Vancouver Daily World. Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Veterans Affairs Canada (2019). "Captain Royce Coleman Dyer". Government of Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2019.