Lieutenant Colonel JOHN HENRY STEPHEN DIMMER
Regiment & Unit/Ship
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date of Death
Died 21 March 1918
Age 35 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Husband of Dora Garvagh (formerly Dimmer), of Ashby Hall, Lincoln.
- Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY HE GAVE GLADLY
- Additional Citation note
An extract from "The London Gazette" dated 19th Nov., 1914. records the following:-"This Officer served his machine gun during the attack on the 12th November at Klein Zillebeke until he had been shot five times - three times by shrapnel and twice by bullets, and continued at his post until his gun was destroyed."
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.
Share and read stories
Download certificate
