George Dunkey was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire on 9 March 1924, the son of Mr. F Dunkey and Mrs. Matilda E Dunkey. George, who had been trained as a lathe operator, joined the Royal Navy on 9 November 1942. It is not known when he joined submarines.

George Dunkey was accidentally lost overboard and was presumed to have drowned whilst HMS SCEPTRE was at Loch Cairnbawn in Western Scotland. It is understood that SCEPTRE was at Loch Cairnbawn  for training and practice in towing X-Craft when the accident occurred.
George Dunkey is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Panel 82 Column 1. He is also commemorated on an oval shaped alabaster tablet on alabaster backboard, with the badge of his ship at top centre, in bronze in St Ann’s Church, Ann Street, Manchester. An Inscription reads:

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF GEORGE DUNKEY ABLE SEAMAN AND SCHOLAR OF St ANNE’S WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY IN SUBMARINE SERVICE AUGUST 1ST 1944. THIS TABLET IS THE GIFT OF HIS COMRADES, THE OFFICERS, AND MEN OF HMS SCEPTRE. A TRIBUTE WHICH St. ANNE’S IS HONOURED TO RECEIVE.
“WE FEW, HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF BROTHERS”