Three: Police Constable F. Dyer, Metropolitan Police, late Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (4070 Pte., Rl. W. Surrey Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4070 Pte., The Queen’s); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) nearly very fine (3) £140-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of R.W. Gould, MBE.

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Frederick Joseph Dyer was born at Lambeth, London, on 11 October 1873. He enlisted into the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment on 11 August 1892, serving at Malta in 1893, otherwise at home until being placed on the Reserve in August 1899. He was recalled to the Colours in October 1899 and served in South Africa until August 1902, being wounded at Colenso on 15 December 1899. He joined the Metropolitan Police on 22 September 1902, was recalled for Army service during the Great War but did not go overseas, and finally resigned from the Police on pension on 21 November 1927.