Family Life
On 26 June 1901 Dreyer married Una Maria Hallett (1876–1959), daughter of John Thomas Hallett, vicar of Bishop's Tachbrook, Warwickshire; they had three sons and two daughters. His elder brother was Major-General John Tuthill Dreyer, RA, with whom he worked on his fire control devices.
All three sons and his two sons-in-law were naval officers. His second son was the late Vice-Admiral Sir Desmond Dreyer, GCB, CBE, DSC who also became as a gunnery officer and won his DSC at the Battle of the River Plate, going onto become Second Sea Lord.
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