Difference between revisions of "Noble James Dunman T/Captain 87250"
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|Date of birth=Birth registered Q2 1915, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Mother's maiden name Mildred Heeley Dunman. | |Date of birth=Birth registered Q2 1915, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Mother's maiden name Mildred Heeley Dunman. | ||
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| − | |Unit=Posted to 70th Brigade Ordnance Company in Command 11/7/1942. 1/12/1942 War Substantive Captain (Lt OME 4th Class) from Royal Army Ordnance Corps to be Lieutenant (EME 4th Class) 1/10/1942, retaining seniority. | + | |Unit=Posted to 70th Brigade Ordnance Company in Command 11/7/1942. 1/12/1942 War Substantive Captain (Lt OME 4th Class) from Royal Army Ordnance Corps to be Lieutenant (EME 4th Class) 1/10/1942, retaining seniority. Attached to the War Office Selection Board pool of Officers in London 16/4/1943. Posted to CREME 49 Division 5/5/1943. |
|Company/Battery=Company HQ. | |Company/Battery=Company HQ. | ||
| + | |Joined Brigade=11/7/1942. | ||
|Task or role=Ordnance Company CO. | |Task or role=Ordnance Company CO. | ||
|Promotions=Captain (Temporary Major). To be Captain 26/9/1947 with seniority from 7/10/1942. | |Promotions=Captain (Temporary Major). To be Captain 26/9/1947 with seniority from 7/10/1942. | ||
| − | |Wounded= | + | |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |
| − | |Prisoner of War= | + | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. |
|Died/Killed in action=Death registered September 1968, Wolverhampton, aged 53. | |Died/Killed in action=Death registered September 1968, Wolverhampton, aged 53. | ||
| − | |Home address=Married Madeline M Stevens in Bilston, West Midlands, September 1949. | + | |Home address=Married Madeline M Stevens in Bilston, West Midlands, September 1949. His father went as a missionary to Southern Rhodesia in 1927 and was there until 1938. So although it is expected James accompanied his parents we have not yet been able to confirm that. He did sail from Southampton to Cape Town in 1935 arriving there in August and returning in early October, so it is expected he visited his parents then - perhaps before he went to university? |
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| + | Thanks to Ian Love for additional family information. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:52, 1 October 2017
Personnel Entry
Name Noble James Dunman
Army number 87250
Rank Temporary Captain.
Decorations MBE - gazetted 29/3/1945. Territorial Efficiency Decoration - gazetted 21/4/1950.
Date of birth Birth registered Q2 1915, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Mother's maiden name Mildred Heeley Dunman.
Age
Unit Posted to 70th Brigade Ordnance Company in Command 11/7/1942. 1/12/1942 War Substantive Captain (Lt OME 4th Class) from Royal Army Ordnance Corps to be Lieutenant (EME 4th Class) 1/10/1942, retaining seniority. Attached to the War Office Selection Board pool of Officers in London 16/4/1943. Posted to CREME 49 Division 5/5/1943.
Company/Battery Company HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Ordnance Company CO.
Joined Brigade 11/7/1942.
Promotions Captain (Temporary Major). To be Captain 26/9/1947 with seniority from 7/10/1942.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered September 1968, Wolverhampton, aged 53.
Home address Married Madeline M Stevens in Bilston, West Midlands, September 1949. His father went as a missionary to Southern Rhodesia in 1927 and was there until 1938. So although it is expected James accompanied his parents we have not yet been able to confirm that. He did sail from Southampton to Cape Town in 1935 arriving there in August and returning in early October, so it is expected he visited his parents then - perhaps before he went to university?
Source table
Thanks to Ian Love for additional family information.
