David Dawnay

Major-General Sir David Dawnay (10 July 1903 to 1971) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and a polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1924 and transferred to the 10th Hussars the same year. He was part of the British polo team that won the silver medal in 1936, playing both matches of the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Argentina. In the Second World War he commanded the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, the North Irish Horse and several armoured brigades, and he became Commandant of Sandhurst in January 1951. In retirement he was secretary to the Ascot Authority and clerk of the course at Ascot.