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Dunn, Joseph

    Date of birth:
    1914 (Sunderland/Tyne and Wear, Great Britain)
    Date of death:
    March 2002
    Service number:
    X.I9H6A
    Nationality:
    British

    Biography

    Enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve as a Deck Hand in October 1936 and was posted to the Harwich base Badger on the outbreak of hostilities. In 1942 he was sent to the USA to promote war bond sales. Dunn rejoined the Royal Naval Patrol Service in Europa on his return to the U.K., served aboard the Corsair out of Benbow base from May to October 1944, and thereafter back in Europa until the end of the War, in which latter period he was advanced to Petty Officer.

    Demobilised at the end of the 1945, LSGC 1946 and, having been discharged from the R.N.R. in April 1950, re-enrolled in March 1956 and served for several years as a member of the River Wear Police.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Seaman
    Unit:
    H.M.S. Cape Finisterre, Royal Navy
    Awarded on:
    September 6th, 1940
    Citation:
    "For bringing down a enemy aircraft and for returning to a sinking ship and searching in a steam-filled engine room for a missing shipmate."
    Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1946

    With bar
    Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1936-1952

    Sources

    • Photo 1: Neil Dunn
    • - Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 34941 published on the 6 September 1940
      - British Medals

    Photo