Brigadier Michael Donald Keen Dauncey, DSO, DL (9 May 1920 – 23 August 2017) was a British Army officer who participated in Operation Market Garden during the Second World War. Roll Call BRIGADIER MICHAEL D K DAUNCEY, DSO DL
Military career Michael Donald Keen Dauncy was born in Coventry in the West Midlands on 11 May 1920, the only son of Thomas Gough Dauncey and his wife, Alice Keen. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham.
Market Garden On the first day of the operation, 17 September 1944, Dauncey flew a Horsa glider into Arnhem. Several days of fighting ensued, during which he sustained eye injuries. Despite being blinded in one eye, he fought on, but was taken prisoner. With another officer he escaped from a Dutch hospital on a rope of knotted sheets and hid in the Utrecht English Parsonage for four months. He was later awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery shown during this battle.Account of Operation Market garden
Later life After a number of appointments he was made Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment in 1978.
In retirement he lived in Uley, Gloucestershire, with his wife Marjorie (née Neep).Mike Dauncey's 90th birthday celebrations He died on 23 August 2017 aged 97.BRIGADIER MIKE DAUNCEY Obituary
References
External links 1st British Airborne Division officers