Bill Etches | |
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![]() Bill Etches about to eat a
Minden Rose, a tradition of the Lancashire Fusiliers. | |
Born | Bisley, Surrey, England | 15 May 1921
Died | 12 April 2015 | (aged 93)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1940–1971 |
Rank | Colonel |
Service number | 112866 |
Unit |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment No. 3 Commando |
Commands held | 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment |
Battles/wars | Second World War United Nations Operation in the Congo |
Awards |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
[1] Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
Colonel William Whitson Etches, OBE, MC (15 May 1921 – 12 April 2015) was a senior British Army officer. After having attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and after being commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in December 1939, [2] he served with the commandos during the Second World War, taking part in the raid on St Nazaire for which he won the Military Cross [3] and was taken as a prisoner of war. [4] [5]
Bill Etches | |
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![]() Bill Etches about to eat a
Minden Rose, a tradition of the Lancashire Fusiliers. | |
Born | Bisley, Surrey, England | 15 May 1921
Died | 12 April 2015 | (aged 93)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1940–1971 |
Rank | Colonel |
Service number | 112866 |
Unit |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment No. 3 Commando |
Commands held | 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment |
Battles/wars | Second World War United Nations Operation in the Congo |
Awards |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
[1] Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
Colonel William Whitson Etches, OBE, MC (15 May 1921 – 12 April 2015) was a senior British Army officer. After having attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and after being commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in December 1939, [2] he served with the commandos during the Second World War, taking part in the raid on St Nazaire for which he won the Military Cross [3] and was taken as a prisoner of war. [4] [5]