Dunnell George Malcolm 2/Lt 138530 - Revision history

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 Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived.  It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was possibly in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.  A copy of his Death Certificate is set out below:-
-[[File:Lt_Dunnell_-_Death_Certificate.jpg|400px|thumb|centre|Lt Dunnell's Death Certificate]]
+[[File:Lt_Dunnell_-_Death_Certificate.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Lt Dunnell's Death Certificate]]
 While the DLI Roll of Honour records his death it does not include the fact that he was serving with 11th Battalion at the time.

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 Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived.  It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was possibly in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.  A copy of his Death Certificate is set out below:-
-[[Lt_Dunnell_-_Death_Certificate.jpg|400px|thumb|centre|Lt Dunnell's Death Certificate]]
+[[File:Lt_Dunnell_-_Death_Certificate.jpg|400px|thumb|centre|Lt Dunnell's Death Certificate]]
 While the DLI Roll of Honour records his death it does not include the fact that he was serving with 11th Battalion at the time.

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-Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived.  It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was possibly in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.
+Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived.  It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was possibly in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.  A copy of his Death Certificate is set out below:-
 While the DLI Roll of Honour records his death it does not include the fact that he was serving with 11th Battalion at the time.

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 |Died/Killed in action=28-Jul-43 in the UK.
 |Home address=Resident of Middlesex.  Son of George William and Kate Dunnell, husband of Daphne Norma Christine Dunnell, of Scorrier, Cornwall.  Buried in Grave 19, Section 15 G Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery. (The original CWGC headstone has been replaced, with their permission, by a family headstone).
-|Image Name=File:Gravestone_Lt_G_M_Dunnell.jpg
+|Image Name=Gravestone_Lt_G_M_Dunnell.jpg
 |Image Title=Lt G M Dunnell's replacement headstone.
 |Source table=11DLI

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 |Died/Killed in action=28-Jul-43 in the UK.
 |Home address=Resident of Middlesex.  Son of George William and Kate Dunnell, husband of Daphne Norma Christine Dunnell, of Scorrier, Cornwall.  Buried in Grave 19, Section 15 G Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery. (The original CWGC headstone has been replaced, with their permission, by a family headstone).
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Date of birth=Born Exeter 1912.
 |Age=31
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders as 2878387 - exact date not known.  Discharged 3/7/1940 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 383(xvii) on being commissioned.  Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 4/7/1940.  Posted to No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940.  Served  Iceland.  DIED as a result of a Road Accident, during a Battalion move en route from South Wales to Hamilton 28/7/1943, whilst leading a group of Cooks' vehicles and riding a motorcycle.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders as 2878387 - exact date not known.  Discharged 3/7/1940 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 383(xvii) on being commissioned.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 4/7/1940.  Posted to No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940.  Served  Iceland.  DIED as a result of a Road Accident, during a Battalion move en route from South Wales to Hamilton, Scotland 28/7/1943, whilst leading a group of Cooks' vehicles and riding a motorcycle.
 |Company/Battery=A, D, S.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank.
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-Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived.  It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.
+Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived.  It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was possibly in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.
 While the DLI Roll of Honour records his death it does not include the fact that he was serving with 11th Battalion at the time.

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 |Army number=138530
 |Rank=2/Lt
 |Age=31
-|Unit=Enl Gordon Highlanders as 2878387,  Disch 3/7/1940 under KRs 1940 Para 383(xvii), Durham Light Infantry - EC 2/Lt 4/7/1940, No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940,  Iceland, DIED as a result of a Road Accident en route to Hamilton 28/7/1943 whilst riding motorcycle.
+|Unit=Enlisted Gordon Highlanders as 2878387 - exact date not known,  Discharged 3/7/1940 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 383(xvii) on being commissioned, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 4/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940,  Iceland, DIED as a result of a Road Accident during a Battalion move en route from South Wales to Hamilton 28/7/1943, whilst leading a group of Cooks' vehicles and riding a motorcycle.
 |Company/Battery=A, D, S
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank
-|Task or role=Pln. Cdr.,
+|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
-|Promotions=Lt
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 4/7/1942
 |Died/Killed in action=28-Jul-43
-|Home address=Born Exeter 1912.  Son of George William and Kate Dunnell, husband of Daphne Norma Christine Dunnell, of Scorrier, Cornwall.  Buried in Grave 19, Section 15 G Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery. (Original CWGC headstone replaced, with permission, by family headstone).
+|Home address=Son of George William and Kate Dunnell, husband of Daphne Norma Christine Dunnell, of Scorrier, Cornwall.  Buried in Grave 19, Section 15 G Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery. (The original CWGC headstone has been replaced, with their permission, by a family headstone).
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}