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Bill Etches
Bill Etches about to eat a Minden Rose, a tradition of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
Born(1921-05-15)15 May 1921
Bisley, Surrey, England
Died12 April 2015(2015-04-12) (aged 93)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1940–1971
RankColonel
Service number112866
UnitRoyal Warwickshire Regiment
No. 3 Commando
Commands3rd Battalion, The Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment
Battles / warsSecond World War United Nations Operation in the Congo
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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, 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 and was taken as a prisoner of war.

References

  1. "No. 43203". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1963. p. 43.
  2. "No. 34766". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1940. p. 66.
  3. "No. 37162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 July 1945. p. 3493.
  4. Colonel Bill Etches – obituary. The Telegraph, 11 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  5. "Colonel Bill Etches". The Times. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2021.


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