Dickinson Peter 2/Lt 88182
Personnel Entry
Name Dickinson Peter
Army number 88182
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 26-Nov-18
Age 0
Unit Commissioned as a 2/Lt on the General List 27/6/1939. Placed on Officers' Emergency Reserve. Embodied 24/8/1939. Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 27/10/39. Posted 10th Bn DLI. B.E.F. Served in Iceland. Served Normandy. Wounded 27/6/1944. Trf 5th East Yorkshire Regiment on the disbanding of 70th Brigade. Released from Service on account of disability 15/12/1945 and granted the Honorary rank of Major.
Company/Battery HQ Company. A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Signals Officer. 2nd i/c, Officer Commanding.
Joined Brigade 27-Oct-39
Promotions W/S Lt 1/1/41. A/Captain 13/9/41. T/Major 21/9/43.
Wounded 27/6/1944
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Educated Harrow and Pembroke College Cambridge. Married 6/7/1946.
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