HUGH MARSHALL DYER,
Brigadier-General

Hugh Marshall DYER, Brigadier-General (Canada)

Birth Date: 28 January 1861
Birth Place: Kingston, County Cork, Ireland
Death Date: 25 December 1938
Death Place: Lady Minto Hospital, Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada
Parents: Capt. Hugh McNeile DYER (R.N.) & Marianne Elizabeth LOGGIN
Relationship to Val: 2nd Great-Grandfather

Portrait of Brigadier General Hugh M. Dyer, by Richard Jack. 1917. Canadian War Museum.

Spouse: Helen May PEARSON
Marriage: 3 March 1882, Plympton, Devonshire, England
Issue: Reginald "Rex", John "Jack", Wilfred "Harry", Maurice "Bill" (all born in Manitoba)

Immigration to Canada: 1881, aboard the Marivian. Sailed with Frank PEARSON, James Mathewson EWENS, and ? LOGGIN (Edward's son). The ship left Liverpool on 20th May 1881. They arrived 10 days later in Quebec.

Occupation: Canadian Army (1914-19); farmer.

War Decorations

•D.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order), 14/1/16

•Awarded Bar to D.S.O., 26/7/17

•Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael & St. George, 1/1/18

•Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 1/1/19

Also of interest:
•Mentioned in dispatches five times (London Gazette).
•Royal Canadian Legion hall named for him in Minnedosa, Manitoba.
•Ran in 1921 Canadian Federal Election; lost to Hon. Crerar (see below).

Photo, right: Brig.-Gen. H.M. Dyer, C.B., with Brig.-Gen. W.A. Griesbach, C.B., World War 1
[National Archives of Canada; copyright expired.]

In 1921, Hugh ran for federal election. Here are the results:

14th Parliament

Manitoba
MARQUETTE (1921/12/06)
Candidate	Party	Occupation	Votes	Elected
CRERAR, Hon. Thomas Alexander	Progressive	managing director	9,873
DYER, Hugh Marshall	Independant	farmer	4,307
STUBBS, Lewis St. George	Liberal	barrister	553

Source: About Parliment - Parlimentary Process

General H.M. Dyer Of Westhope. A 1962 article in the Brandon Sun.

The King Greets A Minnedosa Friend. An article from The Winnipeg Free Press.

Minnedosa Valley Views (book). Article submitted by his son, Bill.

Obituary in National Newspapers The Winnipeg Tribune, The Leader-Post (Regina), and Western Empire News.

Pioneers Of Manitoba. Book article from Robert Harvey, 1970.

Reminiscences Of An Old Timer. James Mathewson EWENS' memoir of immigration to Canada along with Hugh (long).

Speech by Manitoba Premier John Bracken, upon presenting Hugh M. Dyer with a painting of himself (1931).

The Story of Manitoba. A chapter on Hugh from a 1913 book by Frank Howard Schofield (1859-).

Two military officer heroes remembered. An article from Western People magazine, 1990.

When Dyer Refused to Die. From a newspaper article.

•Spearhead to Victory by Daniel G. Dancocks, pp. 51, 82, 98.

•Welcome to Flanders Fields by Daniel G. Dancocks (1988), p. 217

Off-site: CANADA IN FLANDERS By SIR MAX AITKEN, M.P. (part V)

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