COLUMBUS, NC - Denis Dunlop was the son of the late Canon and Mrs Dunlop of Oughterard Co., Galway, Ireland. He was born in India in 1919 and at the age of 7 returned to the U.K. He was educated at Marlborough College and The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned in the Indian Army in 1939 and saw active service on the North West Frontier of India (now Pakistan), Burma and Malay. He was mentioned in despatches for gallantry in Burma.On India's gaining independence he transferred to the Royal Artillery in the British Army. He qualified at the Staff College in Camberly and served on the General Staff at the War Office and Southern Command.On retiring from the Army in 1950 he took up teaching at Walhampton School in Hampshire (a private school) for 18 years.In 1977 he retired and he and his wife Eleanor, who ran a stud of New Forest ponies in the New Forest, emigrated to New Zealand and set up a stud there.Denis was a very keen sportsman and lover of the outdoors. He loved trout fishing and wing with foxhounds and played many sports including rugby football, field hockey, soccer, tennis, skiing, sailing and rifle shooting.He was a keen nature lover and bird watcher who together with his wife raised considerable sums for the World Wildlife Fund. He and his wife were also very keen supporters of the Pony Club.In April 1995 Denis and Eleanor came to the U.S.A. to be nearer the family. Eleanor died in 2002.Denis spent his final active years as a Hospice volunteer and looking after his wildlife garden on his property in Columbus.He is survived by his brother Brian of Wiltshire U.K., his daughter Annette Murphy of Landrum, his son John of Lymington Hants U.K. and John's son and daughter.Friends are invited to a gathering at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 27 at The Coach House in Landrum, to celebrate his life.Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, N.C. 28722.
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