Lieutenant-General Sir John Fryer, KCB, (27 June 1838[1] – 28 January 1917) was a British Army officer.
[3] After studying at Exeter College, Oxford, he entered the Army in 1860 as a cornet in The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards).
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 18 February 1862, captain on 5 April 1864, major on 15 December 1869, and lieutenant-colonel on 17 March 1877.
[4] His period of command included the regiment's operations in Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
[4] He was appointed to the honorary position as Colonel of the 6th Dragoon Guards on 18 September 1902,[5] serving as such until his death in 1917.