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Price, Donald Walter Sinclair

Date of birth:
May 21st, 1917 (Weymouth/Dorset, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
April 22nd, 1946 (Stoke Mandeville/Bucks, United Kingdom)
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

28 August 1938: 2nd Lt
1 January 1941: Lieutenant
15 June 1942: Acting Major
?: Lieutenant Colonel

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
HQ, 139th Infantry Brigade, Fifth Army, U.S. Army
Awarded on:
January 6th, 1948
"Lieutenant Colonel Donald Walter Sinclair Price rendered meritorious service from February 1944 to May 1945 on the staff of 139 Infantry Brigade. His work with troops in active operations on the Garigliano and Gothic line in Italy was exceptionally outstanding. He has at all times displayed great professional skill and energy and devotion to duty and has been a constant inspiration to all ranks. Colonel Price's conduct reflects much credit upon himself and the British Army."

Posthumously awarded
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)

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