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Major Victor Dover

Service History

Operations

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Palestine
Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme d...

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Sicily (Operation Husky)
Speed was essential to prevent the consolidation of Italian and German defences facing a rapid pincer movement launched from ...

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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 ...

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Italy
The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, r...

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...
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Medal Citations

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

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Portrait of Major Victor Dover, c1946
Portrait of Major Victor Dover, c1946