Frederick Fryer

Brigadier-General Frederick Arthur Bashford Fryer (13 August 1871 – 23 September 1943 ) was a British Army cavalry officer in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. He served in the Second Boer War and the First World War, commanding his regiment and two mounted brigades. In later life he became a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset and a Justice of the Peace. Career Fryer was born 13 August 1871, the eldest son of Frederick William Richard Fryer and Frances Elizabeth (née Bashford). He graduated from the Royal Military College Sandhurst and became a second-lieutenant in the 6th (Inniskillng) Dragoons in October 1890. His first promotion to lieutenant was in February 1892, then in 1897 he became the Aide de Camp to his father the Lieutenant Governor of Burma. In February 1899 he was promoted to captain, Fryer served in the Second Boer War, becoming Provost Marshal in October 1899, after which he was promoted to major in January 1903. A year late he married Frances Esme Balfe, together they would have five children.