DUMPER, Denis
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Known as:
Dicky
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
East Surrey Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6139501
P.O.W. number:
3790
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, September 19, 1915
Birthplace:
Brentford, Middlesex
Died :
Friday, December 4, 1987
Place died:
Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
Age:
72
Denis Dumper from Brentford enlisted into the Armed Forces on 30 June 1931 aged 15. In 1940 he volunteered for special service and was subsequently attached to the newly formed No.3 Commando. Corporal Dumper was reported missing after Operation Ambassador, a raid on Guernsey in July 1940, later confirmed a prisoner of war until 1 May 1945. Released from military service 22 April 1946. Trade/Qualification - Motor Mechanic.
Sources
Casualty Lists /National Archives files WO417/17 and WO417/18.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/1.
Casualty Lists /National Archives files WO417/17 and WO417/18.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/1.
East Surrey Regiment Enlistment Registers.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/97/1.o
Storm from the Sea, author Brig. Peter Young.
Commando - Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2, author Brig. John Durnford-Slater.
Storm from the Sea, author Brig. Peter Young.
Commando - Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2, author Brig. John Durnford-Slater.
Notice of his death in the Staines & Egham News, 10 December 1987.
Registers of births in Brentwood and deaths in Surrey.
[Image] James Heyworth.
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