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 carrying an umbrella into battle Major Allison Digby Tatham Warter so Germans. Digby and A Company managed to travel 8 miles in 7 hours while also taking prisoner 150 German soldiers including members of the SS. During the battle, Digby wore his red beret instead of a helmet and waved his umbrella while walking about the defences despite heavy mortar fire. When the Germans started using tanks to cross the bridge, Digby led a bayonet charge against them wearing a bowler hat. He later disabled a German armoured car with his umbrella, incapacitating the driver by shoving the umbrella through the car