DUNKERLEY, Piers Montague

Rank: 
Captain
Unit / Base: 
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Died : 
Monday, June 8, 1959
Age: 
38
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].
7 June 1944, Prisoner of War [4]
 
Sources
[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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