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David Dawnay
Major-General Sir David Dawnay KCVO CB DSO & Bar (10 July 1903 - 9 October 1971) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was also a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
==Military career==
Born the son of Major the Hon. Hugh Dawnay and Lady Susan de la Poer Beresford and educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,〔(The Peerage.com )〕 Dawnay was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1924 and then transferred to the 10th Royal Hussars later that year.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He was part of the British polo team which won the silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics: he played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Argentina.〔(David Dawnay: polo profile )〕
Dawnay served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment and then as Commanding Officer of the North Irish Horse in 1941.〔 After serving as Second in Command of 23rd Armoured Brigade and then of 26th Armoured Brigade in 1943, he became Commander of 21st Army Tank Brigade in 1944 and then Commander of 26th Armoured Brigade in 1945.〔
After the War he became Commander of 86th Area based at Venice in Italy and then Commander of 2nd Armoured Brigade.〔 He was made Deputy Commander of North Midland District in 1948, Commander of 8th Armoured Brigade in 1948 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1951 until he retired in 1954.〔
In retirement he was Secretary to the Ascot Authority and Clerk of the Course at Ascot.〔(Holmes a Court )〕
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