Lieutenant Commander Peter Dulley | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 July 1903 Wellingborough, England |
| Died |
19 December 1941 (aged 38) Hong Kong |
| Nationality | British |
Hugh William Macpherson Dulley (11 July 1903 – 19 December 1941), known as Peter Dulley, was a British rower.[1] He competed in the men's eight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in World War II.[3]
Personal life[]
Dulley was the son of Herbert Dulley and was a member of at the Thames Rowing Club and attended Westminster School. He started at Westminster as a King's Scholar in 1917[4][5][6] He moved to Hong Kong where he joined the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and became their rowing captain for three years.[4] After leaving school he went into business, living in Valparaiso and then working at Jardine, Mathieson and Co.[6]
Military service[]
Dulley served as a lieutenant commander in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve before the Second World War.[7][6] In 1941 he was ordered to sail a tugboat from Hong Kong to Aden.[6] He was killed by Japanese mortar fire on 19 December 1941 during the Battle of Hong Kong.[8] Dulley is commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial.[7]
References[]
- ↑ "Peter Dulley". Olympedia. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/37288.
- ↑ "Hugh Dulley Olympic Results". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/peter-dulley-1.html. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dulley, Peter" (in en). https://collection.rrm.co.uk/persons/1040.
- ↑ "Deaths". The Times. 12 March 1942.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Obituary". July 1942. pp. 208. https://elizabethan.westminster.org.uk/Filename.ashx?tableName=ta_elizabethan&columnName=filename&recordId=552.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Casualty Details: Dulley, Hugh William Macpherson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2478524/.
- ↑ Banham, Tony (1 February 2003). Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 143, 162. ISBN 978-962-209-780-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=2UrqAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA162. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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