Dunlop Daniel Pte 14574629
Personnel Entry
Name Dunlop Daniel
Army number 14574629.
Rank Private
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal).
Date of birth 23/2/1925.
Age (At time of death) 78.
Unit Enlisted in the General Service Corps 1943 and posted to the Primary Training Centre at Brancepeth for Basic Training. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry and posted to the 11th Battalion. Served Normandy. Fought at Rauray. Transferred to the Devonshire Regiment on the disbandment of the Brigade and posted to the 2nd Battalion 28/8/1944. Took part in Operation Market Garden. Took part in the Weser river crossing. Took part in the Berlin Victory Parade. Posted to the 14th (Holding) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment in Plymouth. Released 27/3/1946.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1943.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 2003 aged 78.
Home address Pre-War he worked with racehorse trainer Noel Murless [to see the Wikipedia entry on Noel Murless click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Murless here} from the age of 14 and returned to the stables after the War. Retired at the age of 74. Married with one son.
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