DUNKERLEY, Piers Montague
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, April 22, 1921
Died :
Monday, June 8, 1959
Age:
38
1 January 1940 enlisted Royal Marines [1].
1940 appointed probationary Second Lieutenant Royal Marines [1a][1b].
April 1944 (Lieutenant) RM Holding Commando [2].
6 June 1944, 45RM Commando 'B' Troop, Normandy, France [3a][3b].
April 1944 (Lieutenant) RM Holding Commando [2].
6 June 1944, 45RM Commando 'B' Troop, Normandy, France [3a][3b].
7/8 June 1944, wounded River Orner near Caen, and prisoner of war [4].
Hospitals/Camps
08.06.1944 - 10.06.1944 Hospital at Lisieux.
10.06.1944 - 01.07.1944 Hospital at Evreux.
01.07.1944 - 02.09.1944 Hospital at Paris.
09.09.1944 - 15.09.1944 Stalag VI.
15.09.1944 - 25.09.1944 Stalag XIIA.
27.09.1944 - Marlag and Milag Nord.
Sources
[1] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/97/2.
[1a] Navy Lists Bi Monthly December 1940.
[1b] London Gazette 34803 page 1244 dated 7 February 1940.
[2] Navy Lists Bi Monthly April 1944 Vol.1.
[3a] See Linked Content below.
[3b] 'A Plain Russet Coated Captain', author Captain John Day 45RM Cdo.
[1a] Navy Lists Bi Monthly December 1940.
[1b] London Gazette 34803 page 1244 dated 7 February 1940.
[2] Navy Lists Bi Monthly April 1944 Vol.1.
[3a] See Linked Content below.
[3b] 'A Plain Russet Coated Captain', author Captain John Day 45RM Cdo.
[4] Prisoners of War Records / National Archives file ADM201/111.
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index.
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