Arthur Reginald Dyer (11 May 1877 - 4 May 1951[1]) was a fire officer who from 1918 to 1933 held the post of Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade.
Born in Alton, Hampshire to Louisa Susannah Dowling and her builder-surveyor husband John Herbert Dyer,[2] he attended Dane Hill House, a private boarding school in Cliftonville, Kent.
[3] He joined the London Fire Brigade around 1902.
[4][5] There were 118 applications for the post of Chief Officer in 1918, with Dyer, Aylmer Firebrace and Captain William Reginald Denys Crowther RN in the final three.
[6] Dyer had been Acting Chief Officer for a time and his selection for the role itself was recommended by the General Purposes Committee to London County Council at its meeting on 3 June 1919.