Bob Plant, British soldier, recipient of the Military Cross died he was , 95.

Arthur Blurton "Bob" Plant, MC  was a soldier in the British Army.

(28 July 1915 – 18 April 2011)

Plant was born in Burton upon Trent, and attended Burton Grammar School. He joined the British Army in September 1939, and six months later received a commission in the Royal Artillery (RA). After serving in Syria, he took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily, and was awarded the Legion of Merit for his assistance of the U.S. 133rd Infantry in Scapoli, southern Italy.
Plant was awarded the Military Cross^[2] for his actions in Tufo on 21 January 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino. Holding the high ground in the rocky region, as British troops tried to break through the German southern flank to clear the way for the Allied landings at Anzio (Operation Shingle), Plant's company was outnumbered and their positions twice overrun by German forces, with Plant eventually wounded and captured. When the German medic treating his wounds was killed by a British shell, Plant took the opportunity to escape and made his way through his own regiment's bombardment to rejoin his company, where he praised them for their "terrifying" barrage.^[1]
Following his recovery, Plant was demobilised from the army and worked as a sales director in Wolverhampton. He died, aged 95, on 18 April 2011.^[3]

 

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