About: Bill Etches

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Colonel William Whitson Etches, OBE, MC (15 May 1921 – 12 April 2015) was a senior British Army officer. 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.

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rdfs:comment	Colonel William Whitson Etches, OBE, MC (15 May 1921 – 12 April 2015) was a senior British Army officer. 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. (en)
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