HESS, Otto
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Served as :
GILES, Peter
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6387034
Born:
Sunday, January 2, 1921
Birthplace:
Mainz, Germany
Died :
Sunday, October 1, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Otto Hess was a German national who served in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of the inter allied commando under the alias of Peter Giles. Reported missing on or shortly after 1 October 1944 later presumed killed in action. Posthumously granted the King's Commendation for Brave Conduct.
Additional Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/93 and WO417/101.
Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947 / National Archives file HO396/36.
London Gazette 37595, page 2742.
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