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Operation Chess (1941)

Operation Chess was a small British Commando raid during WWII on the French coast near Ambleteuse in July 1941. Seventeen men from No. 12 Commando landed undetected, stayed ashore for an hour, and withdrew without capturing prisoners. Commander Sir Geoffrey Congreve was fatally wounded during the mission.

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Congreve, Geoffrey Cecil, 1st Baronet* July 19th, 1897
† July 28th, 1941
Fischel, von, Hermann* January 13th, 1887
† May 14th, 1950
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Pinckney, Philip Hugh* April 7th, 1915
† September 7th, 1943
Plot: II Row: E Grave: 17
Steinbach, Julius* November 3rd, 1894
† January 7th, 1981
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