Michael Dauncey

Michael Dauncey
Born 9 May 1920
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1941 - 1985
Rank Brigadier
Commands held 126th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Distinguished Service Order

Brigadier Michael Donald Keen Dauncey DSO, DL is a retired British Army Brigadier who participated in Operation Market Garden during the Second World War.[1]

Market Garden

On the first day of the operation, 17 September 1944, Dauncey flew a Horsa glider into Arnhem. Several days of fighting ensued, during which he sustained eye injuries. Despite being blinded in one eye, he fought on, but was taken prisoner. With another officer he escaped from a Dutch hospital on a rope of knotted sheets and hid in the Utrecht English Parsonage for four months. [2] He was later awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery shown during this battle.[3]

Later life

After a number of appointments he was made Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment in 1978.

In retirement he lives in Uley, Gloucestershire, with his wife Marjorie (née Neep).[4]

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