Dennis Fox

Major Dennis Fox MBE was an officer of the British Army. During the Second World War he led the first platoon to land at Horsa Bridge in the gliderborne 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry coup de main operation, part of Operation Deadstick, during the opening minutes of DDay,June 1944. The capture of both Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge was considered to be critical to securing the eastern flank of the Normandy landings area.

Dennis Barraclough Fox was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fox was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in April 1941 and was posted to the 7th Ox and Bucks. He transferred to the 2nd Ox and Bucks in February 1942. Originally from B Company, he joined Major John Howards D Company as a platoon commander in April 1944.

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