FRYER Donald

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Reverend H.C. Vial, Weston House, Fladbury, Pershore dated 19th May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Donald Fryer be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by John Barry:
1939 Register
Upper Moor
Ellen Fryer, born 6th February 1871, widow, Land worker
Edith Fryer, born 20th February 1909, single, Domestic Servant

Tewkesbury Register and Gazette, Saturday 16th September 1944:
Wyre
Wyre Chapel – At Wyre Methodist Chapel on Sunday a large and sympathetic congregation attended a memorial service to two former scholars of the Wyre Methodist Sunday School. The two ex-scholars who have recently fallen in action in Normandy are Sergt. D. Fryer, of Upper Moor, and Pte. Harvey Haines, of Wyre. Sergt. D. Fryer enlisted nearly seven years ago and was one of those evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. He was brought up by his grandmother, Mrs E. Fryer, of Upper Moor, and was married and leaves a widow and young child. The service was conducted by the Rev. George Howorth, of Bidford (Junior Minister of the Circuit). Special hymns were incorporated in the Service and the Lessons were appropriate to the occasion. The preacher in extolling the patriotism of the former scholars who had made the great sacrifice, urged all present to re-dedicate themselves to God in memoriam of these gallant men who had given their lives for their country. A scroll of honour giving the names of former scholars giving the names of former scholars who had come under the influence of the late Superintendent, Mr R. Boulter, and are now serving in the Forces, was prominently displayed.