Frederick Clifford Fryer was born on 10th April 1915 at Norton. He was the son of William Fryer who was from Kingsley and his second wife Henrietta (nee Ibbbotson) who was from Smithies near Barnsley in Yorkshire. The father was a farmer at Eanleywood Farm in Norton, and the mother had been working as a milliner in Warrington prior to their marriage.
The 1921 Census recorded the Fryer family living at Eanleywood Farm. There were five children: Jessie helped on the farm as well as helping her stepmother with household duties and William also helped on the farm. Three younger siblings were at school: James Langshaw, Harry Armstrong, and Frederick Clifford.
By the time of the 1939 Register, when war had broken out, the family were still at Eanleywood Farm, but Jessie and William had left home. Frederick was a seed expert, and his brother James was working as a warehouse clerk in a wireworks, and his brother Harry was assisting his father on the farm.
On 10th October 1942 Frederick married Gladys May (Maisie) Adams at Dunham on the Hill Methodist Church. They would have a son and a daughter.
Frederick served as a Corporal in the Royal Armoured Corps in World War Two, with the service number 7944043. He was awarded the 1939 Star, the Burma Star and the Defence Medal and the War Medal for his war service.
He appeared in an article in the Warrington Guardian in June 1946 about Victory Celebrations in Preston Brook.
William and Henrietta Fryer passed away in 1955 and 1962 respectively.
Frederick had several interests outside of work, as was highlighted in his obituary in the Chester Chronicle in August 1982. He played golf and enjoyed gardening. He was a member of Warrington Male Choral Union and Warrington Musical Society and secretary and compere of Stockton Heath Male Voice Choir until 1981.
Frederick Clifford Fryer passed away on 2nd August 1982 at Warrington General Hospital. At the time he was living at Wrights Green in Appleton near Warrington. His funeral service was at the Methodist Church in Stockton Heath, followed by cremation at Walton. Maisie Fryer passed away in 2002.
