Bill Etches

Colonel William Whitson "Bill" Etches,  (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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Category:1921 births
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Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers
Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Germany