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VC1307    Dennis Donnini

Name   Dennis Donnini    No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1307   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Royal Scots Fusiliers, 4/5th Battalion

Later    Royal Highland Fusiliers

Now   2nd Battalion Royal Regiment Of Scotland

Rank VC Won   Fusilier

Rank End Of Career   Fusilier

Place Of Birth   Easington, Co. Durham, England

Place Of Death   near Roermond, Holland

Buried/Location Ashes    Sittard War Cemetery, 20 miles north-west of Aachen, Germany, Belgium, Limburg

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone    Headstone (CWGC)    Plot/Grave no.   Row H, Grave 10

Gazetted    20 March 1945

VC Presented   17 July 1945, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Sittard War Cemetery, 20 miles north-west of Aachen, Germany, Belgium, Limburg

P  Named on War Memorial, Cemetery, Easington Colliery, Co Durham

Mural, Cralaw Avenue,  Easington Colliery, Co Durham

Park,  Easington Colliery, Co Durham

P  Donnini Place, Durham, Co Durham

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BORN    17 November 1925

DIED   18 January 1945   AGE    19

VC Won  18 January 1945  AGE   19

Place VC Won   Rivers Roer & Maas, Holland

War/Campaign   Second World War