College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Mattison Road C.S., South Harringay
WW1 rank
Second Lieutenant
Lincolnshire Regiment, 7th Battalion
Theatre of war
France, Europe
Date of death
24 March 1918
Location of death
Sailly-Saillisel
Buried/memorial
Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery (Grave/Memorial reference: II. A. 2.)
Biography
Second Lieutenant William Dunn was the son of Thomas Dunn and the husband of Olive Dunn. He attended Borough Road College for two years and was a prefect. He is listed as being destined for a school in Harringay. Dunn enlisted in the London Regiment and was later commissioned into the 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Dunn participated the evacuation of Hermies, where he led D Company and was engaged in “stiff rearguard action” on the Graincourt road flank. Dunn was killed on the 24 March 1918 whilst leading an attack. He had been in fierce fighting since 5am.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/3/9 [BRCPF009], 1916 Annual Report, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), Commonwealth War Graves Commission, The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment 1914-1918 (http://archive.org/stream/TheHistoryOfTheLincolnshireRegiment1914-1918/TheHistoryOfTheLincolnshireRegiment-C.r.Simpson_djvu.txt)