Background
Dunville was born on 7 May 1896 in Marylebone, London, to Colonel John Dunville Dunville Commander of the Order of the British Empire Doctor of Laws and Violet Anne Blanch Dunville (née Lambart).
Dunville was born on 7 May 1896 in Marylebone, London, to Colonel John Dunville Dunville Commander of the Order of the British Empire Doctor of Laws and Violet Anne Blanch Dunville (née Lambart).
Eton College.
His father was from Holywood, County Down and was chairman of Dunville & Company whiskey distillers. He passed matriculation for Trinity College, Cambridge, but joined the army instead.
He was educated at Ludgrove School and at Eton, and was a member of the Officer Training Corps from May 1912 to July 1914.