Reginald Dyer

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British Indian Army officer human

Reginald Dyer was a British Indian Army officer infamous for ordering troops to fire on an unarmed crowd in Amritsar in 1919, an atrocity known as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Reginald Edward Harry Dyer 2
Butcher of Amritsar 1
General Dyer committed a grave error 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Indian Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
causeOfDeath arteriosclerosis ⓘ
cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
conflict North-West Frontier campaigns ⓘ
Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1864-10-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1927-07-23 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1919-04-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Bishop Cotton School, Shimla ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfCasualtiesByOtherSources over 1000 ⓘ
ethnicGroup British ⓘ
familyName Dyer ⓘ
fullName Reginald Dyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reginald Edward Harry Dyer
givenName Reginald ⓘ
hasAlias The Butcher of Amritsar ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch British Indian Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
colonel ⓘ
notableEvent ordered troops to fire on unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh ⓘ
notableFor Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
numberOfCasualtiesClaimedByAuthorities 379 ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Murree ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Long Ashton ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
placeOfEvent Amritsar ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh

Punjab ⓘ
positionHeld acting brigadier general in Amritsar ⓘ
officer commanding troops in Amritsar ⓘ
received censure from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
removedFrom duty in India after Jallianwala Bagh massacre ⓘ
residence Long Ashton ⓘ
surface form: Long Ashton, Somerset
retiredFrom British Indian Army ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances Annie Dyer ⓘ
subjectOf Hunter Commission ⓘ
surface form: Hunter Commission inquiry

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Butcher of Amritsar → alsoKnownAs → Reginald Dyer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Butcher of Amritsar
Dyer → associatedWithPerson → Reginald Dyer ⓘ
Hunter Commission → concludedThat → Reginald Dyer ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Dyer committed a grave error
Reginald Dyer → fullName → Reginald Dyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reginald Edward Harry Dyer
Dyer → fullName → Reginald Dyer ⓘ
subject surface form: Reginald Dyer
this entity surface form: Reginald Edward Harry Dyer
Dyer → hasNotableBearer → Reginald Dyer ⓘ
Dyer → perpetratorCommander → Reginald Dyer ⓘ
subject surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
The Butcher of Amritsar → refersTo → Reginald Dyer ⓘ
The Butcher of Amritsar → usedFor → Reginald Dyer ⓘ