Peter Dulley

Lieutenant Commander
Peter Dulley
Personal information
Full nameHugh William Macpherson Dulley
NationalityBritish
Born(1903-07-11)11 July 1903
Wellingborough, England
Died19 December 1941(1941-12-19) (aged 38)
Hong Kong
Sport
SportRowing

Hugh William Macpherson Dulley (11 July 1903 – 19 December 1941), known as Peter Dulley, was a British rower.[1] He competed in the men's eight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in World War II.[3]

Personal life

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Dulley was the son of Herbert Dulley and was a member of at the Thames Rowing Club and attended Westminster School. He started at Westminster as a King's Scholar in 1917[4][5][6] He moved to Hong Kong where he joined the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and became their rowing captain for three years.[4] After leaving school he went into business, living in Valparaiso and then working at Jardine, Mathieson and Co.[6]

Military service

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Dulley served as a lieutenant commander in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve before the Second World War.[7][6] In 1941 he was ordered to sail a tugboat from Hong Kong to Aden.[6] He was killed by Japanese mortar fire on 19 December 1941 during the Battle of Hong Kong.[8] Dulley is commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Dulley". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hugh Dulley Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Dulley, Peter". River & Rowing Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 49182. 12 March 1942.
  6. ^ a b c d "Obituary". The Elizabethan. 23: 208. July 1942.
  7. ^ a b "Casualty Details: Dulley, Hugh William Macpherson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  8. ^ Banham, Tony (1 February 2003). Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 143, 162. ISBN 978-962-209-780-3. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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