This article is about an officer of the British Indian Army. For the commander of Dyer's Battalion, see Royce Coleman Dyer. For the English footballer, see Reg Dyer.
Reginald Dyer
Dyer c. 1919
Born
(1864-10-09)9 October 1864 Murree, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
Died
23 July 1927(1927-07-23) (aged 62) Long Ashton, Somerset, England
Allegiance
British Empire
Presidency of Bengal
British India
Service/branch
British Army
Bengal Army
British Indian Army
Years of service
1885–1920
Rank
Colonel (Formal Rank)
Brigadier General (Temporary Rank)
Commands held
Seistan Force
25th Punjabis
Battles/wars
Third Anglo-Burmese War
Chitral Expedition
First World War
Awards
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Spouse(s)
Frances Anne Trevor Ommaney (m. 1888)
Children
Gladys Mary b. 1889
Ivon Reginald, b. 1895
Geoffrey Edward MacLeod, b. 1896
Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, CB (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was an officer of the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular British Army but he soon transferred to the presidency armies of India.
As a temporary brigadier-general,[1] he was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar (in the province of Punjab). He has been called "the Butcher of Amritsar",[2] because of his order to fire on a large gathering of people. The official report stated that this resulted in the killing of at least 379 people and the injuring of over a thousand more.[3] Some submissions to the official inquiry suggested a higher number of deaths.[4]
Dyer was removed from duty and widely condemned both in Britain and India, but he became a celebrated hero among some with connections to the British Raj.[5] Some historians argue the episode was a decisive step towards the end of British rule in India.[6]
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^Collett 2006.
^Ferdinand Mount, "They would have laughed", in London Review of Books dated 4 April 2019, Vol. 41, No.7, pp. 9–12
^Collett 2006, p. 263.
^Derek Sayer, "British Reaction to the Amritsar Massacre 1919–1920," Past & Present, May 1991, Issue 131, pp. 130–164
^Bond, Brian (October 1963). "Amritsar 1919". History Today. Vol. 13, no. 10. pp. 666–676.
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