SECOND LIEUT. H. F. DYER
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Born: Q3 1886, Bridgnorth RD [GRO]
DYER, HARRY FRANK
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 28/08/1917
Age: 31 [so b. 1886 ish]
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1st/6th Bn.
Grave Reference
VII. B. 31.
Cemetery
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of William John and Emma Dyer (nee Ward), of "Linley," Hadley Rd., New Barnet, Herts. Born at Bridgnorth. B.A., Cantab (First Senior Optime), 1907; Scholar and Prizeman, Corpus Christi College; Master at Giggleswick School, Yorks. [CWGC]

Historical Information
Boulogne, was one of the three base ports most extensively used by the Commonwealth armies on the Western Front throughout the First World War. It was closed and cleared on the 27 August 1914 when the Allies were forced to fall back ahead of the German advance, but was opened again in October and from that month to the end of the war, Boulogne and Wimereux formed one of the chief hospital areas.
Until June 1918, the dead from the hospitals at Boulogne itself were buried in the Cimetiere de L'Est, one of the town cemeteries, the Commonwealth graves forming a long, narrow strip along the right hand edge of the cemetery. In the spring of 1918, it was found that space was running short in the Eastern Cemetery in spite of repeated extensions to the south, and the site of the new cemetery at Terlincthun was chosen.
During the Second World War, hospitals were again posted to Boulogne for a short time in May 1940. The town was taken by the Germans at the end of that month and remained in their hands until recaptured by the Canadians on 22 September 1944.
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery contains 5,577 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 224 from the Second World War. 
The Commonwealth plots were designed by Charles Holden.

DYER Harry Frank of Linley Hadley-road New Barnet
Hertfordshire second-lieutenant 1/6th Duke of
Wellington's regiment died 28 August 1917 at Boulogne
in France Probate London 8 April to Joseph William Ward
Dyer chemist. Effects £220 3s. 6d. [Probate Calender]

Name:	Harry Frank Dyer
Death Date:	28 Aug 1917
Rank:	2/Lieutenant
Regiment:	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion:	6th Battalion (Territorial)
Type of Casualty:	Died of wounds [UK Soldiers Died]

[1901] census: Father is Baptist minister, age 53, b. Rochester, Kent. Living at 7 Victoria Road, Bridgnorth. Mother Emma, 48, High Wycomb, Bucks.
[1911] 83 Claude Road, Cardiff: Harry Frank Dyer, Head, 24, single, Assistant School Master, Cardiff Education Authority, Bridgnorth.
[Medal Card] DYER Harry Frank: 6th W Rid R (TF) 2 Lt. V & B Died 28.8.17 D of W. France 9.11.16. Rev W J Dyer (Father) Linley, Hadley Road, New Barnet, Herts.

1/6 Bn attached 147th Brigade in 49th (West Riding) Division.