Arthur Reginald Dyer

Arthur Reginald Dyer (11 May 1877 - 4 May 1951[1]) was a fire officer who from 1918 to 1933 held the post of Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade.

Life

Born in Alton, Hampshire to Louisa Susannah Dowling and her builder-surveyor husband John Herbert Dyer,[2] he attended Dane Hill House, a private boarding school in Cliftonville, Kent.[3] He joined the London Fire Brigade around 1902.[1] By 1911 he was already a Divisional Officer within it, stationed at Euston and living on Euston Square.[4][5]

There were 118 applications for the post of Chief Officer in 1918, with Dyer, Aylmer Firebrace and Captain William Reginald Denys Crowther RN in the final three.[6] Dyer had been Acting Chief Officer for a time and his selection for the role itself was recommended by the General Purposes Committee to London County Council at its meeting on 3 June 1919.[6][7] In 1933 he retired to St Leonard's-on-Sea, where he died.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 'Obituary', The Times, 15 May 1951, page 8
  2. ^ "RG 11 - 1881 Census Returns - HAMPSHIRE - Registration District 106.ALTON". National Archives.
  3. ^ "RG 12 - General Register Office: 1891 Census Returns - Subseries within RG 12 - KENT - Subsubseries within RG 12 - Registration District 62.THANET". National Archives.
  4. ^ "RG 14 - General Register Office: 1911 Census Schedules - Subseries within RG 14 - London - Subsubseries within RG 14 - St Pancras - Part 29". National Archives.
  5. ^ 'The London Sewer Accident - Resumed Inquest and Verdict', The Times, 8 April 1913, page 4
  6. ^ a b 'New Chief of London Fire Brigade', The Times, 2 June 1919, page 18
  7. ^ The Times, 5 June 1919, page 14


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