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Cpl. Daniel Peter O'Connell
British Army 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
from:Cardiff
From receiving my granddad, Daniel O'Connell's military record from the MOD, we have found out that he served from the age of 17, joining the 13/18th Hussars, and served during WW2 at Dunkirk with BEF and at El Alamein with 1st Derbyshire yeomanry, and Italy with the Royal Armoured Corps. He was a very gentle man, with a lot of humility and rarely talked about his experiences. We found out from other people that he was very honourable, saved lives at Dunkirk, was blown from a tank, and was the only survivor, and was a PoW only for an Italian to let him go. I can't verify any of this, but I don't know why anyone would lie about it to us.

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