Dumper (subsequently Usher), Charles Glyn, son of Gilbert Lewis Dumper of St Cross, Winchester, Hants, and Hilda Dorothea, d. of Col. Gerald Henry Farrell, of Alvaston Hall, Cheshire; b. 12 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); left July 1943; assumed the name of Usher in lieu of Dumper 1943; RNVR in WW2; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1950; joined Lloyd’s 1950; dep. sec. Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, India 1953; man. T & N Ltd., Bombay, India 1956; sen. admin. officer, BSI 1966; m 1967 Diana, d. of Nigel Oliver Willoughby Steward OBE, HM Foreign Service, of Beckley, Oxon.; d. 16 Feb. 2010.
DUMMER, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Lee Dummer (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1749 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Sep 1760; MP Newport (Isle of Wight) 26 Dec 1765-8, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 19 Jan 1769-74, Downton 1774 - 14 Feb 1775, Wendover 14 Mar 1775-80, Lymington from 1780; of Cranbury Park, Hampshire; FRS 27 May 1773; m. 5 Jun 1766 Harriott, dau. of Sir Cecil Bisshop, Bart., MP; d. 3 Jun 1781.
Dulley, John Herbert Macpherson, son of Herbert Dulley, barrister-at-law, by Agnes Leonora, daughter of John Macpherson, of Uddingston, Lanarkshire; b. April 26, 1902; adm. May 4, 1916 (G); left Easter 1920; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. March 14, 1941; relinquished his commission on account of ill-health Sept. 8, 1941; a chartered secretary; A.C.I.S. 1938; m. 1st July 30, 1938, Elizabeth Miranda, daughter of Capt. Andrew Holmes-Scott, M.C., R.E.; 2nd Oct. 14, 1947, Sylvia Pauline, daughter of Arthur Nicholas, of Cambridge.
Dulley, Hugh William Macpherson, brother of John Herbert Macpherson Dulley (q.v.); b. July 11, 1903; adm. as K.S. Sept. 27, 1917; left Aug. 1922; in the employment of Messrs. Gibbs and Co. at Valparaiso, Chile 1925-30, and with Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co. at Hongkong 1930; rowed no. 3 in the English Eight at the Olympic Games at Paris 1924; Sub-Lieut. Hongkong Royal Naval Volunteer Force Dec. 1935; Lieut. Dec. 1936; Lieut.-Cdr. June 1940; m. Nov. 23, 1936, Therese, elder daughter of Max Sander, of Hull; killed in action at Hong Kong Dec. 1941.
Hugh William Macpherson “Peter” Dulley was born at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire on the 11th of July 1903 the son of Herbert Dulley, a brewer, and Agnes Leonora (nee Macpherson) Dulley later of 5, King’s Bench Walk, Inner Temple in London. He was christened at All Hallows Church, Wellingborough on the 8th of November 1903.
He was admitted to Westminster School as a resident King’s Scholar from the 27th of September 1917 to August 1922 and was appointed as head of the King’s Scholars in September 1921. He was also appointed as a Monitor in September 1921 and was appointed as Editor of the Elizabethan in the same month. He was a member of the 1st Rowing VIII in 1921, where he rowed at bow, and was appointed as Head of The Water in the same year. In 1922 he rowed at stroke and the Elizabethan wrote the following on his 1922 season: - “A very good all round oar with one or two rather bad faults. As a stroke he has done excellent work, showing splendid judgement, and an inexhaustible supply of energy. It will be a difficult to find a substitute possessing his peculiar faculty of being able to size up the opposing crew during the course of a race.”
He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Company Sergeant Major in September 1921.
He was a member of the Thames Rowing Club from a young age and won the Junior Sculls at the Reading Regatta of 1923. He rowed at No. 3 in the Great Britain Rowing VIII at the 1924 Paris Olympics where the crew finished in fourth place by half a length. He embarked at Liverpool on board the SS Oroya on the 22nd of January 1925 bound for Chile where he went to work for Messrs. Gibbs and Company at Valparaiso from 1925 and later returned to London. He was appointed as Head of the Water for The Old Westminster Boat Club in 1929, a position from which he resigned in 1930 when he went abroad once again.
He set sail from London on board the SS Rawalpindi on the 24th of January 1930 bound for Hong Kong where he joined the staff of Messrs. Jardine Matheson to work as a clerk. He was a keen sailor and was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant in the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Reserve in December 1935. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 2nd of December 1936. He was married on the 23rd of November 1936 to Therese (nee Sander) of Tonbridge, having met her on New Year’s Eve the previous year. They lived at Victoria in Hong Kong. Eight months pregnant, Therese was evacuated to the Philippines in July 1940 where she had a son, Hugh OW, born on the 25th of July 1940. They later sailed to Australia, stopping briefly at Hong Kong en route.
He served on board HMPS Perla from 1939 and was based at the Royal Navy base HMS Tamar III in Hong Kong in 1941. In November 1941 he was posted to the sloop/drillship HMS Cornflower, the Headquarters of the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force. The ship was moored to the south west of Kellett Island, close to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, of which many of its recruits were members. In August 1939 the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force was merged with the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Reserve giving it a total strength of one hundred and ten officers. Peter Dulley was placed in command of a 500 ton ocean going tug and successfully sailed it to Aden in spite of his inexperience. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on the 15th of June 1940.
On the morning of the 8th of December 1941, the Japanese launched an attack across the Chinese border into the New Territories and advanced towards the island of Hong Kong. On the evening of the 18th of December their forces crossed the Lye Mun Pass and landed on the island where they had established a strong beachhead by the following morning. In the early hours of the morning of the 19th of December the commanding officer of the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Commander Vernall, received an urgent telephone call from the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment requesting that a naval patrol be sent to investigate reports of fifth columnists signalling from Postbridge House at the top of Repulse Bay. At 5am a party led by Hugh Dulley set off in a truck from their base at Deep Water Bay and travelled up the Repulse Bay Road to the Wong Nei Chong Gap where they arrived at the driveway leading to Postbridge House at 5.20am. They reached the house to find it occupied by members of the Royal Artillery. Hugh Dulley, assuming they had gone to the wrong house, decided to check another nearby house and led his men towards their truck. As they went back down the driveway they saw shadowy figures and heard voices just before a hand grenade was thrown towards their party which caused no casualties. Thinking that he may have run into a Canadian unit he shouted at them; this was followed by a burst of machine gun fire. The group scattered and made their way back to Postbridge House where, at 6.30am, they saw enemy troops digging in around the building on the surrounding slopes. Having had their communications with the outside world cut, they exchanged fire with the Japanese with Hugh Dulley taking up a position at a window in an upstairs room from where he sniped at the enemy troops. By 10.45am the defenders were running low on ammunition but a telephone line had been established and reinforcements were requested to be sent to relieve them. They were reached by a few reinforcements at around noon who brought three machine guns and 15,000 rounds of ammunition. During the afternoon the Japanese began to work their way around the building and those defenders who were positioned at the garden wall were ordered to fall back to the house. Towards evening a small party of Japanese managed to get close enough to the house to lay explosive charges against the building. A short time later there was a massive explosion which blew out all of the windows, demolished the stairwell and started a number of fires in the building which illuminated the defenders. This was followed by heavy fire from enemy machine guns with grenades being thrown into the house. Hugh Dulley was killed at this time and with the situation now considered to be untenable, the order was given to evacuate the building under the cover of darkness.
He was Mentioned in Despatches, which was announced in the London Gazette of the 2nd of July 1945.
He was the author of “A Voyage to War”, which was published by his son in 2016.
He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 96, Column 3.
Dulanty, Brian Hutton, son of John Whelan Dulanty CB CBE, Ambassador of Eire to the Court of St James, and Ann, d. of George Hutton of Oxford; b. 19 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H), (B) May 1926; left July 1928; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1934; practised in London; RAFVR (A & SD) 1943-5 (FO); m. 17 Aug. 1937 Violet Margaret, d. of Hugh Douglas Catty of Stamford, Conn., USA; d. 10 July 1974.
DUKE, WILLIAM, son of George Duke, Wandsworth, Surrey, barrister and Bencher Inner Temple, and Jane, dau. of Richard Hale, New Windsor, Berks.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1663 - void 1689, Tutor 1674; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70; ordained; Curate, Tring, Bucks. Mar 1681/2; Rector of Swyncombe, Oxfordshire, from 1688; d. unm. 20 Mar 1695/6.
DUKE, RICHARD, son of Richard Duke, London, and his second wife Anne Pierce; b. 13 Jun 1658; adm.; KS 1670; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1678; 1st in “ordo” and BA 1678/9; MA 1682; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1681-c. 1689; ordained; Rector of Blaby, Leics., Jan 1687/8-1708; Prebendary of Gloucester from 6 Jul 1688; Proctor in Convocation for diocese of Gloucester; Chaplain to Queen Anne; Chaplain to Right Rev. Jonathan Trelawny (qv), Bishop of Winchester 1707; Rector of Witney, Oxfordshire, from Jul 1710; a friend of Francis Atterbury (qv) and of Matthew Prior (qv); his Poems upon Several Occasions were collected in 1717 and published with those of Wentworth, Earl of Roscommon; m. 1st, 1696 Mary, widow of Sir Edward More, Bank Hall, Lancaster, and of “Mun” Browne, London, and dau. of --- Ben; m. 2nd, 3 Dec 1708 Martha, dau. of Thomas Jordan, Witney, Oxfordshire; d. 10 Feb 1710/1. DNB.
Duke, John James Darbey, son of Joseph Duke, solicitor, of llminster, Somerset, and Stephanie Alphonsine Rose Edouard Desirée, d. of Commandant Edouard Eugène Auguste Polsenaere, Chevalier de l'Ordre de Leopold, of Ghent; b. 25 May 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (B); left Dec. 1930; adm. a solicitor June 1936; practised at Ilminster; Somerset LI (TA) 1931-42 (Capt.); RE (Movement Control) 1942-5 (Maj.), despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1944, (Italy) July 1945; TD and clasp 1946, ERO 1958, clasp 1964; Lieut.-Col. RE (AER) Feb. 1960, Brevet Col. (RARO) Feb. 1965; m. 25 Sept. 1937 Ruth Ellen, d. of Bertram Wilfred Bartlett, bank manager, of Seaton, Devon; d. 14 Feb. 1988.
Duke, Jeffery Stephan Edward, brother of John James Darbey Duke (qv); b. 10 Nov. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (B); left July 1939; RAF 1940-6; adm. a solicitor July 1950; practised in family firm at llminster, Somerset; m. 9 Feb. 1952 Hilary Marmont Lee, art teacher, d. of Alfred Ridgway Lee, wool manufacturer, of Woodchester, Gloucs; d. 25 Apr. 1990.
Dugdale, Joseph, son of Joseph Dugdale, cotton manufacturer, of Blackburn, Lancs, and Edith Berry of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire; b. 7 Jan. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (H); left Dec. 1928; Northampton Engineering Coll., Islington; PO RAF July 1937, FO Feb. 1939, Flight Lieut. Sept. 1940, Temp. Sqdn Ldr Dec. 1941; DFC May 1942 for night attacks on German base at Trondheim; killed in action 26 July 1943.
Joseph Dugdale was born at Blackburn, Lancashire on the 7th of January 1914 the only son of Joseph Dugdale, a cotton manufacturer, and Edith (nee Berry) Dugdale of Park House, 2 East Park Road, Blackburn.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from January 1928 to December 1928. He went on to the Northampton Engineering College, Islington. He was commissioned as an Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force on the 7th of September 1936 and was confirmed in his rank on the 13th of July 1937. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 13th of February 1939 and was transferred to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 13th of July 1940. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on the 3rd of September 1940 and to Squadron Leader on the 1st of December 1941.
He was serving with 97 Squadron when he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in two night attacks on an enemy naval base at Trondheim. His award was announced by the Air Ministry on the 29th of May 1942 and the citation read: - “This officer has completed numerous operational missions, including 2 attacks by night on the German naval base at Trondheim in April, 1942. On the latter occasion, he commanded a formation of bombers and he played a large part in the success achieved. Recently he successfully carried out a minelaying mission in extremely unfavourable weather. This officer has performed excellent work and has contributed materially to the high standard and efficiency of his flight.”
He later transferred to 90 Squadron.
On the night of the 25th/26th of July 1943, Bomber Command dispatched 294 Lancasters, 211 Halifaxes, 104 Stirlings, 67 Wellingtons and 19 Mosquitos for an operation on Essen. The operation was considered to have been a success with heavy damage being achieved in the industrial areas in the eastern part of the city with the Krupps works received its most damaging raid of the war. 51 other industrial buildings were destroyed with a further 81 being damaged. 2,852 houses were destroyed with 500 people being killed on the ground. A further 12 people were missing and 1,208 were injured.
Joseph Dugdale and his crew took off from RAF West Wickham at 11.37pm on the 25th of July 1943 in Stirling Mk III EE904 WP-S for the operation. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the North Sea in the area of Great Yarmouth.
The crew was: -
Squadron Leader Joseph Dugdale DFC (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant James Ferguson Bowman RNZAF (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Patrick Hector Conroy (Navigator)
Flying Officer Henry Alington Disbrowe (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant David Geoffrey Evans RAAF (2nd Pilot)
Sergeant Desmond Frank Augustus Hobbs (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant James Hamilton Keeley RNZAF (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Norman Albert Young (Mid Upper Gunner)
Theirs was one of twenty six aircraft which failed to return from the raid.
It is believed that the aircraft collided with Halifax Mk II JD169 from 102 Squadron over the North Sea but it is not known whether it was during the outward or inward leg of their journey. The bodies of three of the crew were recovered from the sea some 15 miles off the coast near Yarmouth; the bodies of four of the crew from the 102 Squadron aircraft were recovered at the same time.
Norman Young’s body was washed ashore at Southwold, Suffolk with those of James Keeley and Henry Disbrowe also washing ashore on the English coast.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Blackburn.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 158.