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Daniel,
Griffith Rowland
G.R. Daniel
Son of ... Daniel, and ... Williams.
Married (20.06.1945, St Peter's Church, Pimperne, Blandford district, Dorset) Rachel E.Taylor; ... children (one daughter?).		 20.06.1918
Neath district, Wales
-
(09?).1982
Kensington and Chelsea district, London
T/2nd Lt. 08.04.1940
T/Lt. 08.10.1940
T/A/Capt. 15.10.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1940) - (02.)1941 23rd Light Battery, No. 2 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) [captured in Crete]
1941 - 1945 POW in German captivity (Oflag VIIB, Eichstätt)
1945? - (04.1946) attached, HQ Training Groups, RM, Devon
Davis,
Peter George
"Pug"
P.G. Davis
Second son of Capt. Solomon A. "Solly" Davis, MC, 4th London Regiment, and Iris Marjorie Pinto, of 70 Canfield Gardens, London NW6.
Married ((12?).1952, St Marylebone district, London) Janet Rowson, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Harry Rowson, of London; two sons.

09.12.1923
Paddington, West London
-
18.08.2011
Mne. ? [CH/X 107528]
T/2nd Lt. 1943?
A/T/Lt. 28.03.1944, seniority 10.02.1944
T/Lt. 03.03.1944
Lt. 1946/47?, seniority 03.07.1944
Capt. 03.07.1952
Maj. 30.06.1960
local Lt.Col. 03.08.1961-08.09.1962,
13.05.1968-29.06.1968
Lt.Col. 30.06.1968 (retd 09.12.1971)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 13.03.1945 Commando operations & rescue Dalmatia (Adriatic) 06.1944 [investiture 22.06.1945]
Education: Highgate School, London (09.1937-11.1941).
14.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(1944)     561st LCA Flotilla (DSC)
? - (07.1945) RM Boom Patrol Defence Unit
? - (04.1946) Officer Cadet Training Unit RM
1947 - (05.1949) Officer Commanding, RM Boom Patrol Detachment
(05.1950)     HMS Royal Prince (RN parent ship, Krefeld, Germany) *
20.05.1952 - (07.1954) 42 Commando RM (3rd Commando Brigade RM)
(04.1955) - (01.1956) Amphibious School RM
? - (01.)1957 RM Barracks, Eastney
25.02.1957 - (01.)1959 Staff RM Officer & Staff Officer (Intelligence) on staff of Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers [HMS Eagle]
29.06.1959 - (07.1961) Officer Commanding, Special Boat Company, Joint Services Amphibious Warfare Centre (Poole, Dorset)
1961 - ? HMS Saker (for duty with British Defence Staffs)
? - (02.1963) 40 Commando RM
? - (02.1964) Plymouth Group RM
? - (02.)1968 Amphibious Training Unit RM
13.05.1968 - (02.1969) Training Wing (RN, RM & USMC), Joint Warfare Establishment
? - (08.1971) RM Barracks, Eastney 
Dawson,
Arthur Peel
A.P. Dawson


 

 16.06.1888
Manchester, Lancashire
-
04.06.1958
False Bay Hospital, Simonstown, Cape Province, South Africa
2nd Lt. 01.09.1906
Lt. 01.07.1907
T/Capt. 19.09.1915-18.05.1916,
26.08.1916-29.01.1917
Capt. 30.01.1917
Maj. 13.07.1928
Lt.Col. 01.10.1934
Col. 2nd Comdt. 01.07.1938, seniority 01.07.1937
Col. Comdt. (T/Brig.) 01.03.1940
Maj.Gen. 03.08.1942 (retd 05.08.1943)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 [investiture 07.07.1942]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 11.05.1937 HM's coronation 1937
... - ... ...
01.10.1938 - 29.02.1940 Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters Staff RM
01.03.1940 - 04.07.1940 Colonel Commandant, Depot RM, Deal
05.07.1940 - 30.09.1940 Commandant, RM Reserve Depot Exton
01.10.1940 - 04.09.1941 Deputy Adjutant-General, Headquarters Staff RM
05.09.1941 - 04.08.1943 Commandant, Depot RM Lympstone
01.10.1941 - 05.08.1942 also: Marine ADC to the King
Day,
Jeremy John
J.J. Day 		09.10.1921
-
17.12.2006
Dacorum, Hertfordshire
2nd Lt.
 		01.01.1940
Lt.
 		14.06.1941
A/Capt.
 		17.07.1944-29.10.1944,
20.12.1944-(01.1946)
Capt.
 		14.06.1949
Maj.
 		30.06.1957
Lt.Col.
 		30.06.1962
Col.
 		31.12.1966 (retd 09.10.1971)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 13.06.1970
 HM's birthday 1970
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 19.10.1951
 Malaya 1951
(04.1940)
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		course for Probationary Second Lieutenant, RM, Portsmouth
03.09.1941
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		HMS Warspite (battleship)
(12.1943)

RM Training Group, Dalditch
(04.1944)

Depôt RM, Deal
16.04.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		School of Signals, Royal Marines
(05.1950)
 -
 		(1951)
 		HQ 3rd Commando Brigade RM (Malaya)
09.02.1953
 -
 		(01.1956)
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (SD), General Staff, HQ Staff, Royal Marines (London)
05.10.1959
 -
 		(07.1961)
 		HMS President (for duty with the Ministry of Defence)
26.11.1962
 -
 		(02.1963)
 		Second-in-Command, Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines
(02.1968)

Drafting, Pay and Records Office, Royal Marines
27.01.1969
 -
 		(02.1969)
 		"A" Staff, Commandant General Royal Marines, Navy Department
30.03.1970
 -
 		09.10.1971
 		also: RM ADC to the Queen
Day,
John Eddy
J.E. Day 		01.03.1922
-
25.09.2016
Hayling Island, Hampshire
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1940
Lt. 14.06.1941
A/Capt. 08.09.1944
Mentioned in Despatches MID 12.02.1946 NW Europe
... - ... ...
      45th RM Commando
      Officer Commanding, B Troop
Published: A plain Russet-coated Captain (1993).
De'Ath,
Ian Dudley
I.D. De'Ath (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) I.D. De'Ath (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton)
Son of Col. George Dudley De'Ath, OBE, MC (1893-), Royal Engineers, and Eileen Mabel "Dan" Clarke-Morris.
Married (26.06.1947, St Mary Abbot's Church, Kensington, London) Patric "Pat" King-Smith, second daughter of Capt. W. King-Smith and Mrs King-Smith, of Buenos Aires and Eastbourne; one son, one daughter.		 07.10.1918
Farnborough, Hampshire
-
01.02.1960
RN Hospital, Plymouth
[Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, grave 3770]
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1937
Lt. 01.02.1939
A/Capt. 18.03.1941-25.10.1942
Capt. 31.08.1946
A/Maj.. 26.10.1942-18.04.1945,
26.10.1945-(10.1946)
Maj.. 31.12.1952
A/Lt.Col. 19.04.1945-(07.1945)
local Lt.Col. 01.12.1958-(01.1959)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate [investiture 23.02.1940] *
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 18.09.1945 Operation Roast (military operations in Italy 1 & 2-4 Apr 1945)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 29.01.1957 Cyprus (since 01.07.1956)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 30.09.1958 Cyprus (01.1958-06.1958)
* Who, in charge of a Turret when an 11-inch shell passed through the working chamber below, went at once to the hatch, which had been blown open and was giving out sparks and smoke, to find out the damage. He gave the orders needed to ensure the safety of ammunition and at once did what he could to bring the Turret into action again. He set a fine example of courage and presence of mind.		 Education: St Michaels, Uckfield, Sussex; Wellington College, Berkshire.
01.01.1937 - (05.)1937 Plymouth Division RM
(07.)1937 - (01.)1938 Portsmouth Division RM
(02.)1938 - (03.)1938 Chatham Division RM
(06.)1938 - (09.)1938 Portsmouth Division RM
1938 - (10.)1938 Plymouth Division RM
(12.)1938 - (02.)1939 RM Depot Deal
16.02.1939 - (05.)1940 HMS Ajax (Leander class cruiser) (DSO)
1940 - (06.)1940 Plymouth Division RM
(08.)1940 - (08.)1941 RM Reserve Depot Exton
(10.)1941) - (06.)1942 RM Military School
1942 - (08.)1942 RM Divisional Artillery
1942 - (10.)1942 Battery Commander, 1st Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Battery, 101st RM Brigade Artillery
26.10.1942 - (08.)1943 Second-in-Command, HQ RM Field Regiment, RM Divisional Artillery
1943 - (10.)1943 Divisional Holding Unit RM
1943 - (12.1943) RM Holding Commando
? - (02.)1944 SS Grays [ = Special Service, Grays... ??]
(04.)1944 - 26.06.1944 General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (L), HQ Special Service Group RM
27.06.1944 - (10.1944) Second-in-Command, 45th RM Commando
(01.1945) - 04.1945 Brigade Major, HQ 2nd Commando Brigade (Italy) (MBE)
19.04.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, 40th RM Commando
07.1945 - 12.1945 Commanding Officer, 45th RM Commando
(01.1946)     Commando Holding Unit
(10.1946)     no appointment listed
? - (10.1947) Commando School RM
(07.1948) - (05.)1950 Chatham Division RM
19.06.1950 - (05.1952) on staff of Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar]
(05.1953) - (07.)1954 Small Arms School RM
18.09.1954 - (01.)1957 Second-in-Command, 45 Commando RM (3 Commando Brigade RM) (despatches)
01.10.1957 - (01.1958) staff of Flag Officer, Middle East [HMS Aphrodite] (despatches)
05.01.1959 - 05.1959 Commanding Officer, 42 Commando RM (3 Commando Brigade RM)
(01.1960) - 01.02.1960 RM Barracks Stonehouse [Plymouth Division RM]
Deane,
Victor Henry
 V.H. Deane (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Colgan) V.H. Deane
Married ((12?).1924, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Elsie Mary Barnikel		 24.05.1897
Eastney, Portsea Island, Hampshire
-
15.02.1969
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1922
2nd Lt. 02.06.1923
Prob. Lt. 31.01.1925
Lt. 04.1925?, seniority 31.01.1925
Capt. 31.01.1934 (Supernumerary List 30.04.1937)
A/Maj. 12.07.1941-20.03.1944,
19.09.1944-21.10.1946
Bt. Maj. 31.12.1941 (retd 21.10.1946; medical unfitness; granted War Service Rank of Maj.)
... - ... ...
26.01.1927 - 23.10.1927 12th RM Battalion
... - ... ...
30.04.1937 - 23.01.1944 HMS (from 10.1941 HMNZS) Leander (light cruiser)
24.01.1944 - 18.09.1944 Plymouth Division RM
19.09.1944 - 25.09.1944 HMS Helder (Combined Operations base, Brightlingsea) (additional; temporary; for RM Base Staff)
26.09.1944 - 30.09.1945 HMS Woolverstone (landing craft base & training establishment, Ipswich) (Second-in-Command; temporarily)
... - ... ...
de Berry,
Hubert Arthur Phayre
H.A.P. de Berry (Photo courtesy of Mr Dominic Walsh) 		05.01.1898
Bedford, Bedfordshire
-
22.06.1974
Southsea, Hampshire
A/Lt.
 		?
Capt.
 		16.10.1921 (retd 13.01.1938; under Order in Council 21.04.1922)
A/Maj.
 		31.07.1943
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 23.07.1918
 Zeebrugge raid 22/23.04.1918
 
20.09.1916

transferred to RM Light Infantry (RMLI)
(04.1918)

OC No. 7 Platoon RMLI (Zeebrugge raid 22/23/04.18)
09.11.1921
 -
 		(08.1923)
 		HMS Dunedin (light cruiser)
10.10.1924
 -
 		(05.1926)
 		HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China) *
04.09.1928
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies)
06.10.1931
 -
 		(09.)1932
 		HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
14.11.1932
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China)
(07.1935)
 -
 		(02.1936)
 		Chatham Division, RM
02.09.1936
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet)
?
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		2nd RM Battalion, RM Brigade
?
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		2nd RM Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade
?
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Company Commander No. 2 Company, Royal Marine Division Reinforcement Depot (Hayling Island)
(08.1942)
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		104th RM Brigade
(06.1943)
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		RM Training Group Dalditch
(04.1944)
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		RM Training Group Wales (Gibraltar Camp, Llanegryn, Towyn)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Second-in-Command, RM Commando (Training) Unit
* (07.1927) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Denny,
Harold Mott
H.M. Denny
Son of Frederick Denny, and Marie Elizabeth Mott.
Married (15.04.1944) Esme Webb.
 24.05.1912
Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex
-
18.10.1996
Johannesburg, South Africa
T/2nd Lt.
 		24.08.1941
T/Lt.
 		24.02.1942
T/A/Capt.
 		24.02.1945 (reld < 04.1946)



joined RM (initially stationed at Eastney, being attached to the Portsmouth Division RM)



served in Egypt, Ceylon & NW Europe
(12.1941)
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		Air Defence Brigade, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) (initially with the Brigade staff, later possibly with 1st RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment)
(06.)1944)
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Anti-Aircraft Operations Room, 5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Dewhurst,
Frederick Wynford
F.W. Dewhurst 
12.05.1897
Paris, France
-
14.02.1959
Prob. 2nd Lt. 29.09.1914
... ...
Maj. 01.10.1934
A/Lt.Col. 22.02.1940-22.07.1940,
01.09.1940-31.05.1942
Lt.Col. 01.06.1942
Bt. Col. 30.06.1943
local Col. 20.04.1943-13.08.1943
A/Col. 24.11.1944
Col. 2nd Comdt. 01.01.1946 (retd 01.02.1948)
... - ... ...
16.03.1939 - 26.01.1940 Fleet RM Officer, Africa Station [HMS Neptune] & from 02.09.1939 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander]
27.01.1940 - 05.02.1940 Plymouth Division RM
06.02.1940 - 22.07.1940 Commanding Officer, RM Reserve Depot, Exmouth
23.07.1940 - 13.08.1940 Plymouth Division RM
14.08.1940 - 19.08.1941 Commanding Officer, RM Brigade Reinforcement Depot & from 05.1941 Officer Commanding, Troops Havant and Hayling Sector of Portsmouth Sub-Area
22.08.1941 - 31.05.1942 Commanding Officer, RM Military School (RM Reserve Depot Thurlestone)
01.06.1942 - 13.08.1943 Commanding Officer, 7th RM Battalion (RM Division, from 31.05.1943 Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization 2)
14.08.1943 - 03.12.1943 Plymouth Division RM
04.12.1943 - 24.11.1944 Commanding Officer, RM Depot Lympstone
25.11.1944 - 15.01.1946 Commandant, Depot RM, Deal
16.01.1946 - 17.02.1946 Chatham Division RM (additional)
18.02.1946 - 28.02.1946 HMS Highflyer (additional)
01.03.1946 - 02.03.1947 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet [HMS Highflyer]
... - ... ...
Dickie,
Matthew
M. Dickie (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Morrison) 		06.07.1923
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland
-
24.08.1999
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Cpl. ? [CH/X 108533]
T/2nd Lt. 06.12.1943
T/Lt. 06.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
23.05.1943     joined RM (Lympstone)
? - (12.)1943 RM Depot, Deal
05.12.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (mainly Mediterranean [Messina])
1945 - (07.)1945 RM Reinforcement Holding Unit
25.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Dillon,
John Desmond
J.D. Dillon (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) J.D. Dillon

 Son of Stafford Harry Dillon (1887-1935), and Amy Margaret Massy (1891-1969).
24.03.1921
Westbourne, Sussex
-
17.10.1988
Norton Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
2nd Lt. 01.09.1939
Lt. 16.02.1941
Capt. 16.02.1949
Maj. 31.12.1956 (retd 01.01.1967; own request)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.05.1952 Korea [HMS Kenya] [investiture 24.02.1953]
(12.)1939 - (05.)1940 RM course, Portsmouth
(06.)1940     RM course, Plymouth
(08.)1940     RM course, Portsmouth
(10.)1940     RM course, Plymouth
(12.)1940 - (02.)1941 RM Reserve Depot, Exton
(03.1941)     Portsmouth Division RM
20.03.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Royal Sovereign (Royal Sovereign class battleship)
(02.1943) - (06.)1943 Portsmouth Division RM
16.07.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) RM Holding Commando
... - ... ...
Participated in the 1952 (Helsinki) & 1956 (Melbourne; silver medal) Olympic Games in sailing. Secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Dimond,
Ernest Alfred
E.A. Dimond (Photo courtesy of Mr Dominic Walsh) E.A. Dimond (Photo courtesy of Mr Dominic Walsh)
Married (11.11.1911) Agnes Elizabeth ... (1881-1957).
Residence: (1929) Harlesdon, (1932) Mitcham.
 12.08.1890
Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
24.09.1950
Stepney, Greater London, Middlesex
Private
 		13.01.1908
Corporal
 		25.04.1913
Sergeant
 		12.08.1917
Colour Sergeant
 		09.12.1923 (retd 11.08.1929) (re-activated 03.11.1939)
T/Superintending Clerk
 		30.03.1942
T/Lt. (Quartermaster)
 		10.01.1943
A/T/Capt. (QM)
 		05.05.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 19.09.1920
 ?
British War Medal 1914-20 BWM 14|20
 22.04.1921
 ?
Victory Medal VM
 22.04.1921
 ?
Defence Medal Def M
 ?
 ?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 ?
 ?
1939-1945 Star 39-45 St
 ?
 ?
France & Germany Star Fr&Ge St
 ?
 ?
Africa Star Afr St
 ?
 ?
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal LSGC
 21.10.1923
 ?
12.01.1908

enlisted Royal Marines, Gosport
13.01.1908
 -
 		16.12.1908
 		RM Regimental Depot, Deal
17.12.1908
 -
 		31.10.1909
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
01.11.1909
 -
 		30.10.1911
 		HMS Venerable (battleship)
31.10.1911
 -
 		12.07.1914
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
13.07.1914
 -
 		24.07.1914
 		HMS Good Hope (cruiser)
25.07.1914
 -
 		27.07.1914
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
28.07.1914
 -
 		17.03.1915
 		HMS Irresistible (battleship) (sunk at the Dardanelles by a mine)
18.03.1915
 -
 		19.03.1915
 		HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
20.03.1915
 -
 		27.03.1915
 		HMS Blenheim (cruiser)
28.03.1915
 -
 		16.09.1915
 		HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)
17.09.1915
 -
 		12.10.1916
 		HMS Europa (cruiser)
13.10.1916
 -
 		16.09.1917
 		HMS Forward (cruiser)
17.09.1917
 -
 		15.07.1918
 		Portsmouth Division, RM [8 Platoon RM Light Infantry at HMS Vindictive (Zeebrugge raid, 22/23.04.1918)]
16.07.1918
 -
 		04.05.1923
 		[E.L. ?] Deal
05.05.1923
 -
 		08.06.1923
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
09.06.1923
 -
 		11.05.1924
 		HMS Barham (battleship)
12.05.1924
 -
 		29.09.1924
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
30.09.1924
 -
 		11.08.1929
 		RM Depot, Deal
28.09.1938
 -
 		03.10.1938
 		mobilized Portsmouth Division, RM (Sudetenland emergency)
03.11.1939
 -
 		09.01.1940
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
10.01.1940
 -
 		19.08.1940
 		RM Depot, Deal
20.08.1940
 -
 		17.07.1941
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
18.07.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		Home Base Ledger Office, RM
(02.1943)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (2)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		General HQ, 2nd Echelon, 21st Army Group [borne on Portsmouth Division, RM]
Docwra,
Charles Edward
C.E. Docwra 		 23.06.1911
-
25.04.1987
T/2nd Lt. 11.03.1941
T/Lt. 11.09.1941
A/T/Capt. 01.01.1942-(07.1945)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 13.03.1945 Normandy (06.1944)
... - ... ...
(03.1944) - (06.1944) Officer Commanding, "B" Troop, 46 RM Commando (despatches)
... - ... ...
Donald,
Frederick George Gordon
F.G.G. Donald
Married (14.08.1932, Willesden district, Middlesex) Kathleen N. Pearce; one daughter.		 24.08.1904
Leyton, West Ham district, London
-
30.04.1982
Shaftesbury, North Dorset
T/2nd Lt. 26.03.1943
T/Lt. 26.09.1943 (reld 20.04.1946)
(06.1943) - (06.)1944 No. 1 Company, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization 1 (MNBDO(1)) [Colombo, Ceylon?]
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
? - (01.1945) Chatham Division RM
(04.)1945 - (07.1945) Camp Commandant, 117th RM Infantry Brigade
Drysdale,
Douglas Burns
 D.B. Drysdale D.B. Drysdale
D.B. Drysdale D.B. Drysdale
D.B. Drysdale D.B. Drysdale

Son (with one brother) of Percy Douglas Drysdale (1883-1935), and Herminia Clarita Bell 'Lita' Burns (1890-1971).
Married ((06?).1939, Surrey South Western district) Elizabeth Callender Dalgleish (28.01.1918 - 02.05.2004); one son.
02.10.1916
Hampstead, London
-
22.06.1990
Norwich, Norfolk
2nd Lt. 01.09.1935
Lt. 01.10.1937
A/Capt. 06.05.1940-28.05.1940,
11.10.1940-02.10.1941
Capt. 01.06.1942
A/Maj. 03.10.1941-14.10.1942,
09.11.1942-21.04.1945
A/Lt.Col. 22.04.1945-...
Distinguished Service Order DSO 18.05.1951 Korea 11.1950 [investiture 14.11.1951]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 1959 [investiture 20.10.1959]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 13.11.1945 services in Burma 11.1944-02.1945
Mentioned in Despatches MID 06.02.1945 services in Burma & eastern front of India
Silver Star Medal (USA) SSM 29.06.1951 Korea 28.11.1950
Silver Star Medal (USA) SSM 15.07.1955 undersea raiding force Korea 01.10.1950
... - ... ...
 1943 - 21.04.1945 Brigade-Major, 3rd Special Service Brigade (from 12.1944 3rd Commando Brigade) (Burma (MBE, despatches))
22.04.1945 - 11.1945 Commanding Officer, 44 RM Commando (India)
(1950)     Commanding Officer, 41 Independent Commando RM (Korea) (DSO, US Silver Star Medal (twice))
(1959)     RM Office (OBE)
Dunkerley,
Piers Montague
P.M. Dunkerley
Son of Ronald Montague Dunkerley (1896-1954), and Elsie Dinah Eales (1899-1972).		 22.04.1921
-
08.06.1959
Harbour Dene Panorama Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset
(self-inflicted)
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1940
Prob. Lt. 14.06.1941
Lt. 24.07.1942, seniority 14.06.1941
A/Capt. 06.05.1946
Capt. 14.06.1949 (retd 18.06.1958)
Education: South Lodge (1930-1934); Bloxham School, Banbury, Oxfordshire.
(02.)1940 - (05.)1940 RM course, Chatham
(06.)1940 - (08.)1940 RM course, Portsmouth
(10.)1940 - (12.1940) RM course, Chatham
? - (02.)1941 RM course, Portsmouth
1941 - (04.)1941 RM course, Chatham
(06.)1941 - (10.)1941 1st RM Battalion (102nd RM Brigade)
1941 - (12.1941) Chatham Division RM
20.01.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Liverpool (Southampton class cruiser)
1942 - (12.1942) Chatham Division RM
01.01.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Newfoundland (Uganda class cruiser)
1943 - (12.1943) Chatham Division RM
(02.1944) - (04.)1944 RM Holding Commando, Special Service Brigade
1944 - 06.1944 45 RM Commando (wounded & taken POW)
06.1944 - 05?.1945 POW (No. 85875) in German captivity (Marlag und Milag Nord, Westertimke, Poland)
... - ... ...
Dutton,
Charles Llewelyn
C.L. Dutton C.L. Dutton
 		 (12?).1922
Cardiff district, Glamorganshire
-
03.06.1944
[Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia, 9.C.3]
T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942
T/Lt. 15.11.1942
25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
1942 - (08.)1942 RM Divisional Artillery
(04.1943) - (06.)1943 1st Light RM Anti-Aircraft Battery, RM Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RM Divisional Artillery
(08.)1943 - 03.06.1944 40 RM Commando
       
 
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