Frank's Story.
Lance Corporal Frank Dytor was killed in action on 5th January 1951. His wife was not informed officially of his death until the following year, and had held hopes that he might still be alive because he had written to tell her of his lost personal belongings and papers. She believed he might have been misidentified.
Crewe Chronicle 29th December 1951
Killed In Korea.
Twenty-six-year-old Frank Dytor, Crewe, a Lance Corporal serving with the Royal Ulster Rifles, who was previously reported missing Korea, and killed in January 1951. A regular soldier for eight years before his marriage in 1950, Lance Corporal Dytor was recalled for service after a break of only three months and before the end of 1950 sailed for Korea.
His wife Mrs Jean Dytor, 99 Rolls Avenue, Crewe, has now been officially informed of his death by the war office. On the same day, she ceased working in a nearby factory, having been declared redundant. During his short stay in civilian life Lance Corporal Dytor was employed at the Crewe factory of Nash-Kelvinator Ltd.
Crewe Chronicle, Saturday, August 2, 1952.
Frank Dytor, born on 25th November 1925, was the elder son of William Arthur Dytor (1899–1947) and Lydia Jane Walley (1901–1953), and brother of Constance May (1921–1997), William Daniel (1927–1960) and Joan (1933 - 2018). In September 1939, when Frank was 13 years old, the family was living at 22 Vere Street, in Crewe. His father died in March 1947, by which time Frank had already enlisted into the King's Regiment, Liverpool before eventually joining the Royal Ulster Rifles.
Frank served as a regular soldier for eight years until 27th April 1950. He married Jean Downward (1927 - 2014), later that summer (1950). Following a brief three-month return to civilian life, during which time he worked at the Nash-Kelvinator Ltd factory in Crewe, he was recalled to the army as a reservist at the outbreak of the Korean War (1950 - 1953).
He sailed for Korea just a week after his marriage, serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles. He was reported missing on 20th January 1951 during the intense winter operations following the Chinese New Year Offensive. Due to the chaos of the frontline and subsequent retreats, his family was not officially notified of his death by the War Office until late July 1952 but military records formally date his death to 5th January 1951, at the age of 25.
Frank is remembered in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, at Busan, Korea.
His widow Jean married Dennis Frank Walker on 11th September 1954, at St Barnabas Church in Crewe.
She and Dennis had two children, Karen and Neil. Jean died on 16th December 2014, aged 87.
Crewe Chronicle 29th December 1951
Killed In Korea.
Twenty-six-year-old Frank Dytor, Crewe, a Lance Corporal serving with the Royal Ulster Rifles, who was previously reported missing Korea, and killed in January 1951. A regular soldier for eight years before his marriage in 1950, Lance Corporal Dytor was recalled for service after a break of only three months and before the end of 1950 sailed for Korea.
His wife Mrs Jean Dytor, 99 Rolls Avenue, Crewe, has now been officially informed of his death by the war office. On the same day, she ceased working in a nearby factory, having been declared redundant. During his short stay in civilian life Lance Corporal Dytor was employed at the Crewe factory of Nash-Kelvinator Ltd.
Crewe Chronicle, Saturday, August 2, 1952.
Frank Dytor, born on 25th November 1925, was the elder son of William Arthur Dytor (1899–1947) and Lydia Jane Walley (1901–1953), and brother of Constance May (1921–1997), William Daniel (1927–1960) and Joan (1933 - 2018). In September 1939, when Frank was 13 years old, the family was living at 22 Vere Street, in Crewe. His father died in March 1947, by which time Frank had already enlisted into the King's Regiment, Liverpool before eventually joining the Royal Ulster Rifles.
Frank served as a regular soldier for eight years until 27th April 1950. He married Jean Downward (1927 - 2014), later that summer (1950). Following a brief three-month return to civilian life, during which time he worked at the Nash-Kelvinator Ltd factory in Crewe, he was recalled to the army as a reservist at the outbreak of the Korean War (1950 - 1953).
He sailed for Korea just a week after his marriage, serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles. He was reported missing on 20th January 1951 during the intense winter operations following the Chinese New Year Offensive. Due to the chaos of the frontline and subsequent retreats, his family was not officially notified of his death by the War Office until late July 1952 but military records formally date his death to 5th January 1951, at the age of 25.
Frank is remembered in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, at Busan, Korea.
His widow Jean married Dennis Frank Walker on 11th September 1954, at St Barnabas Church in Crewe.
She and Dennis had two children, Karen and Neil. Jean died on 16th December 2014, aged 87.