David Theodore Dobie, DSO (21 October 1912 – 12 December 1971) was a British Army officer who fought during the World War II.
The 1st Battalion suffered heavy losses on 19 September during the fighting in Arnhem, where it got stuck on the way to the Rijnbrug near the Elisabeths Gasthuis.
He then independently attempted to cross the Rhine, but failed due to the strong German presence near the riverbank.
She brought him to Ede, where on 16 October he came into contact with Menno de Nooij, one of the leaders of the Edese resistance.
Via Maurik he was taken by bicycle to Tiel by Joop Meier, a member of Johannes van Zanten's gang, where he found shelter with the Noordzij family.
[7] After safely reaching the Allied lines, he consulted with Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey in Eindhoven, agreeing to a rescue.
Dobie was awarded by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands the highest Dutch honour as Knight 4th Class of the Military Order of William in March 1947 for his role during Operation Pegasus I.
[10] Dobie appears briefly portrayed by John Light in the fifth episode, "Crossroads", of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, based on the book by Stephen E. Ambrose.
In it, he meets recurring characters from the American 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment – 2nd Battalion executive officer Captain (later Major) Richard "Dick" Winters (Damian Lewis), battalion intelligence officer Captain Lewis Nixon (Ron Livingston), E ("Easy") Company, 2nd Battalion commander 1st Lieutenant Frederick "Moose" Heyliger (Stephen McCole) and regimental commander Colonel Robert Sink (Captain Dale Dye, who was also senior military advisor for the miniseries).