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
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
疋.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order), 14/1/16
柊warded Bar to D.S.O., 26/7/17
匹ompanion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael & St. George, 1/1/18
匹ompanion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 1/1/19
Also of interest:
筆entioned in dispatches five times (London Gazette).
紐oyal Canadian Legion hall named for him in Minnedosa, Manitoba.
紐an in 1921 Canadian Federal Election; lost to Hon. Crerar (see below).
In 1921, Hugh ran for federal election. Here are the results:
| 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.
百pearhead to Victory by Daniel G. Dancocks, pp. 51, 82, 98.
標elcome 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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