| Surname: | Dunkerley |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Pte A/Sgt |
| Army Number: | P/5265 |
| Notes: | MMP. From Sherwood Rise. Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 12/8/1914 to 29/7/17 and 2/11/17 to 11/11/18. Formerly 17 Lancers, No. 5036. He has 2 x MMP No's on medal card, P/5285 and P/5264. P/5265 on MM and Victory and War Medal Roll. Joseph Dunkerley. Extract from the Nottingham Journal 28 January 1915. PLEASANT SURPRISE. - Mounted Constable's Gift from Nottingham Lady in America. A Nottingham soldier's pleasant surprise is told in a letter received by Mrs. Dunkerley, of 5c, Alberta Terrace, Sherwood Rise, from her husband Corporal Joseph Dunkerley, who until the outbreak of the war was a mounted constable in the Nottingham City Police Force, stationed at Hyson Green and formerly at Carrington. He says that a short while ago he, in company with many other British soldiers, received a parcel of comforts from friends and sympathisers in America. In his case it was the more welcome because a parcel sent from home had not been delivered to him. Putting on a pair of socks included in the parcel he found a message written on each side of a small piece of paper. On one side it read:- To Tommy Atkins. - May God bless and keep you is the prayer of the maker. - Mrs G. R. Sharp, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A. On the other the writer added:- I am an Englishwoman who left Nottingham eight years ago. Dunkerley has asked his wife to write a letter of thanks for Mrs. Sharp, to tell her that by strange coincidence her gift fell into the hands of a Nottingham man. The ex-police officer encloses the message in his letter, together with a snapshot of himself and another trooper on horseback. He states that he has made friends with a French policeman. A previous photograph taken at St. Nazaire, accompanied a previous letter. This is not Dunkerleys first experience of war, for he fought through the South African war. He left Nottingham in August as a reservist in the 17 Hussars. He has since attained the rank of Corporal at present attached to the Military Mounted Police. ( the article has a picture of Dunkeley in full police uniform with a helmet with a spike.) |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Military Medal (London Gazette: 31338 Page: 6050 May 14, 1919) |
| Citation: | France & Belgium. |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/118 Page: 116 Dec. 16, 1901) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State. Awarded as Pte. 17 Lancers, No. 5036. |
| Decoration: | King's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/118 Page: 165 July 17, 1903) |
| Citation: | Clasps: South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, awarded as Pte, 17 Lancers, No. 5036. |