Victor Gregg
British author and World War II veteran
Victor James Thomas Gregg (15 October 1919 – 12 October 2021) was a British author, columnist and World War II veteran. Gregg joined the armed forces in 1937, and fought in North Africa and at the Battle of Arnhem. He survived the bombing of Dresden and, after the war, worked as a spy. His best known book is the memoir Rifleman: A Front Line Life, published in 2011. A prequel, King's Cross Kid, was published in 2013. Both were co-written with Rick Stroud.
Biography
Gregg was born in King's Cross, London on 15 October 1919, the eldest of three children. He joined the British Army in 1937, signing up for 21 years; he first joined the Rifle Brigade in India and Palestine at the age of 19, before serving in the Western Desert. Before the Battle of Arnhem, he joined the 10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment. Victor was one of 582 men parachuted into Holland as part of the ill-fated Operation Market Garden.
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