Captain Royce Colman Dyer Plaque

This memorial to Captain Royce Colman Dyer, DCM, MM and Bar, Croix de Guerre, a local soldier who died in North Russia on 13 December 1918 while serving with the Imperial Army, was erected by his grandmother, Mrs. F.A. Cutter.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF
CAPT. ROYCE COLMAN DYER
D.C.M.-M.M. AND BAR-FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE
WHO DIED IN ACTIVE SERVICE AT BAK, WARITZA, N. RUSSIA
DEC. 30TH 1918, AGED 30 YEARS.
ENLISTED IN 90TH WINNIPEG RIFLES, AUG. 6TH 1914
SERVED IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM IN THE 8TH CANADIAN
INFANTRY BATT'N; WOUNDED THREE TIMES IN FRANCE;
SERVED IN VOLUNTEER ARMY IN RUSSIA FROM JUNE 1918;
RECEIVED COMMISSION IN IMPERIAL ARMY IN OCT. 1918
HE SAID "IF I FALL DO NOT MOURN FOR ME
I WILL ONLY HAVE DONE MY DUTY"

ERECTED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS. F.A. CUTTER.