Guy Dawnay (British Army officer)
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Major General Guy Payan Dawnay CB, CMG, DSO, MVO (1878–1952), was an army officer and merchant banker. He is the nephew of Guy Dawnay, a politician.
Dawnay fought at the Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War.[1]
In 1928 he founded Dawnay Day, an investment company together with Julian Day.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ MacKenzie, Compton (1929). Gallipoli Memories. Cassell. http://books.google.de/books?id=v1uokELJ09sC&dq=%22Gallipoli+memories%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=Vh45CwbalY&sig=4vDAStoEav3gIXelz-5aZYsvkVw&hl=en&ei=yL6rSYHAPJyc1QXsxoG1Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA96,M1. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ^ Davey, Jenny (10 December 2005). "Dawnay, Day's bullish refusal to follow the herd". London: The Times. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article756768.ece. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
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- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (requires login)
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