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Dennis Henry Condick

Date of Birth

30 July, 1920

College

Borough Road College

WW2 rank

Sub-Lieutenant

H.M.L.C.T. 7015, Royal Navel Volunteer Reserve

Theatre of war

Europe

Date of death

18 October, 1944

Location of death

Land’s End

Buried/memorial

Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Biography

Sub-Lieutenant Dennis Henry Condick studied at Borough Road College from 1939 to 1941. After graduation Sub-Lieutenant Condick joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve’s Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 9th Flotilla. After the Normandy invasion the LCT were redirected to the east. However, as the flotilla was going around Land’s End they encountered bad weather and the ships were badly damaged. At least 55 men died, including Sub-Lieutenant Condick. He is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Sources

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.combinedops.com

Borough Road College 1939 Registry