Tatham-Warter, Allison "Digby"
- Date of birth:
- May 26th, 1917 (Atcham/Shropshire, Great Britain)
- Date of death:
- March 21st, 1993 (Nanyuki, Kenya)
- Service number:
- 75060
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Military career:
28 January 1937: 2nd Lieutenant
28 January 1940: 1st Lieutenant
25 February 1940: Acting Captain
26 June 1940: Temporary Captain
13 August 1942: Captain (W/S), Temporary Major
6 January 1944: Temporary Major
28 January 1945: Captain
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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Major
- Unit:
- "A" Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- March 22nd, 1945
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1:
- Photo: Wikipedia
- - Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36994 published on the 20 March 1945
- The Battle of Arnhem Archive
- Major Digby Tatham-Warter
- 1st British Airborne Division officers&; T
- Photos: Digby Tatham-Warter (1917-1993): The Tatham Family of County Durham
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