Digby Tatham-Warter

Digby Tatham-Warter
Digby in 1944
Birth nameAllison Digby Tatham-Warter
Nickname(s)"Digby"
Born(1917-05-21)21 May 1917
Atcham, Shropshire, England
Died21 March 1993(1993-03-21) (aged 75)
Nanyuki, Kenya
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1937–1946
RankMajor
Service number75060
UnitOxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Parachute Regiment
Battles/warsSecond World War Mau Mau Uprising
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Other workSafari operator

Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter, DSO (21 May 1917 – 21 March 1993), also known as Digby Tatham-Warter or just Digby, was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War and was famed for wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella into battle.[1]

  1. ^ "Major Digby Tatham-Warter". Pegasus Archive. 17 September 1944. Retrieved 28 April 2014.