Victor Dover | ParaData

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1942
2nd Parachute Battalion (Major)
1945
8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion (Major)

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

Event

Italy

The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, resulted in the loss of 130 soldiers from 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion including their Commanding Officer.

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North Africa (Operation Torch)

On 12 November the 3rd Parachute Battalion (3 Para Bn) jumped onto and seized the vital airfield at Bone between Algiers and Tunis, arriving barely before German paratroopers deployed for the same mission.

Event

Palestine

Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme dissident Zionist groups such as IZL (Irgun Zwai Leumi) and the Stern Gang, all seeking to promote their aims through violence.

Event

Sicily (Operation Husky)

Speed was essential to prevent the consolidation of Italian and German defences facing a rapid pincer movement launched from the west and south east immediately after the amphibious landings. Key bridges and ports were to be captured by airborne assault.

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Portrait of Major Victor Dover, c1946

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Citation for the award of the Military Cross to Captain Victor Dover, Sicily, 1943.

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Major Victor Dover MC

{ Dicky }

25 Feb 1919 - 01 Dec 1982

Service History

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

Italy

North Africa (Operation Torch)

Palestine

Sicily (Operation Husky)

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Medal Citations_1

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Major Victor Dover MC

{ Dicky }

25 Feb 1919 - 01 Dec 1982

Service History

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

Italy

North Africa (Operation Torch)

Palestine

Sicily (Operation Husky)

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Medal Citations_1

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