DUNKLEY, Eric Cambrai
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Northamptonshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14241764
P.O.W. number:
266918
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, October 3, 1918
Birthplace:
Potterspury, Northamptonshire
In 1939 Eric Dunkley was a Police Constable at Midland Road Police Station, Wellingborough. He volunteered for the Commandos enlisting on 23 July 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Trooper Eric Dunkley was reported wounded and missing 5 October 1943 at Termoli, Italy, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/68 and WO417/70.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4D).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/105/111 (Stalag 4B).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/97/2.
The 1939 Register covering Wellingborough.
02 June 1939 - Northampton Mercury newspaper.
30 May 1939 - Northants Evening Telegraph.
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