104106 Hugh Everard Joseph DORMER, DSO, 2 Irish Guards & Special Operations Executive

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    The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details
    From A Soldier’s Story, by J.O.E. Vandeleur, page 80:
    From History of the Irish Guards in WW2, FitzGerald, page 401:
    From The Times of My Life, Sir John Gorman, pages 24-25:
    From The Times of My Life, Sir John Gorman, page 36:
    [July, 1944]
     

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    Casualty

    Captain DORMER, HUGH EVERARD JOSEPH
    Service Number 104106
    Died 01/08/1944
    Aged 25
    2nd Bn. Irish Guards
    D S O
    Son of Capt. Kenelm Dormer, and of Josephine Dormer, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    INSCRIPTION: GREATLY LOVED YOUNGER SON OF THE LATE CAPT. KENELM DORMER AND OF MRS. DORMER. R.I.P.
    Buried at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
    Location: Calvados, France
    Cemetery/memorial reference: I. C. 9.
    See cemetery plan
     
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    Personal Number: 104106
    Rank: Captain
    Name: Hugh Everard Joseph DORMER, DSO
    Unit: Irish Guards & Special Operations Executive

    London Gazette : 15 December 1939
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34753/supplement/8308/data.pdf
    FOOT GUARDS.
    I, G'ds.—
    Hugh Everard Joseph DORMER (104106) (late Offr., Cadet, Oxford Univ. Contgt., Sen. Div., O.T.C.) to be 2nd Lt. 16th Nov. 1939

    London Gazette : 9 December 1943
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36278/supplement/5374/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.
    The Distinguished Service Order.
    Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Hugh Everard Joseph Dormer (104106), Irish Guards.
     
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