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Alfred Cecil Giles Hesketh-Prichard

1916 – 1944

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Service Number: 143446 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Awards: M C Additional information: Son of Maj. H. V. Hesketh Prichard, D.S.O., M.C., and of Lady Elizabeth Hesketh Prichard, of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire. B.Sc. Hons. (Cantab.). He was recruited to the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, where he became the first head of its Czech Section, training agents to conduct the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The exact circumstances and place of Major Hesketh-Prichard's death are unknown. He was presumed killed by enemy or partisans on a trek from Yugoslavia to Austria, on or about 3rd December 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross (MC).

Name
Alfred Cecil Giles Hesketh-Prichard
Locality
Πειραιάς, Grecia
Born
9 mai 1916
Died
3 decembrie 1944
Age
28 years
From
St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England
Location
Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial ↗
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Cemetery information

Cemetery
Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial
Cemetery
Athens Memorial, Face 5.
Locality
Πειραιάς
Country
Grecia
Public figure
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Alfred Cecil Giles Hesketh-Prichard

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