LRDG Cave, Anthony Holloway (Titch)

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Cave
  • FORENAME
Anthony Holloway (Titch)
  • UNIT
LRDG Y Patrol
  • RANK
Trooper
  • NUMBER
555726
  • AWARD
Military Medal, Mention in Despatches
  • PLACE
North Africa 1941
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, R.A.C.
resided Rode Common, near Bath, Somerset
copy of recommendation for award available at National Archives
 

CITATION:

Military Medal : On 29/11/41, during an attack on an Italian fort at EL EZZEIAT, Tpr. Cave displayed great courage in operating his M.G. from a vehicle in a very exposed position under heavy enemy fire. Two days later, during a night raid on enemy transport on the coastal road near BOMBA he shot one driver and killed a further five men with hand grenades. Throughout this and other patrols he has shown great determination and a constant desire to engage the enemy. He escaped from a prison camp in the spring of 1941, after being taken prisoner during the withdrawal from Cyrenaica, returning to the British lines by walking 210 miles.

WEB LINKS:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7358162 (MM)
http://www.lrdg.org/Titch_Story.htm
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