Dishington

Edward Munro

Lieutenant (then Captain)

Rank in Normandy

176121

Service No.

Support

Company

Second in command of anti-tank platoon (then CO of Support Coy)

Edward Munro Dishington was born in February 1917 in Belfast. His Mother's maiden name was Laverty.

In his school days he won a 'trust bursary' to allow him to receive five years of education at the Royal High School in Edinburgh. (His awards are detailed in one of the photos below)

He married Ann Hunter Grandage in December 1941 in Yorkshire.

E M Dishington's awards and Military Service from the Roll of Honour at the Royal High School in Edinburgh

From Edward's nephew on Ancestry.

A 6-pounder anti-tank gun of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, part of the 9th Brigade of the British 3rd Division, along with two Sherman tanks near St-Pierre Church, 10 July 1944.

By Sergeant Christie No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This photograph B 6924 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-29), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=465151

E M Dishington

From Edward's nephew on Ancestry.

E M Dishington's awards and Military Service from the Roll of Honour at the Royal High School in Edinburgh

From Edward's nephew on Ancestry.

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