Kenneth Frank Dunnage enlisted in The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces in 1945.Private Dunnage qualified as a military parachutist on Course 160 which ran at RAF Ringway from 7 to 20 April 1945. Course records state ‘Keen, willing pupil, has jumped well’.

Pte Dunnage was initially posted to the Holding Battalion..