Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Battle of Ypres’ Stretcher Bearer’s D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private S. Fryer, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. 2/Essex Regt); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. Essex Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. Essex R.) edge bruising and contact marks to QSA, otherwise generally very fine and better (5) £1,200-£1,600

Provenance: Spink, April 2005.

D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as stretcher bearer. Privates Doyle and Fryer repeatedly exposed themselves to heavy fire in order to collect the wounded.’
Annotated Gazette states ‘Ypres.’

Sydney Fryer attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War in 1902, and subsequently during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1914. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his services as a stretcher bearer during the Battle of Ypres, he subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps.

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