About John Fryer
Lived 1838 – 1917 (aged 78). John Fryer was a British military personnel.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Fryer, KCB (27 June 1838 – 28 January 1917) was a British Army officer.
Fryer was born at Wimborne Minster, Dorset, the eldest son of John Fryer and Mary Rogers Fryer.
After studying at Exeter College, Oxford, he entered the Army in 1860 as a cornet in The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards). He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 18 February 1862, captain on 5 April 1864, major on 15 December 1869, and lieutenant-colonel on 17 March 1877. As such he commanded the regiment from 1877 to 1882, during which he was promoted to the rank of colonel on 1 July 1881. serving as such until his death in 1917. He was advanced to a Knight Commander in the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1903.
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Who was John Fryer?
British Army officer
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John Fryer was born on 27 June 1838.
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John Fryer died on 28 January 1917.
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John Fryer was a military personnel.
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John Fryer was British.
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