SAS Lassen, Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau

[John Robertson]

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• SURNAME

Lassen ​

• FORENAME

Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau ​

• UNIT

Special Boat Squadron (M Squadron) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

234907 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

9th April 1945 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Argenta Gap War Cemetery,Italy II.E.11 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 22.9.1020 Hovdingsgard,near Mern,South Zealand,Denmark​

resided London SW​

son of Emil Victor Schau and Suzanne Maria Signe Lassen,Myhavn,​

Copenhagen,Denmark​

served on Danish tanker "Eleonora Maersk" (paid off September 1940)​

joined Britisk tanker "British Consul" (Ordinary Seaman,Merchant Navy)​

landed Oban 24.12.1940​

"Maid Honor" Force (SOE) 1941 (234907 Private)​

Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) March 1942 (Lance Corporal)​

General List (2Lt) May 1942​

62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force) 1942 (2Lt)​

1 SAS (D Squadron) 1942-43 (Second Lieutenant)​

Special Boat Squadron 1943​

awards V.C.,M.C. and 2 bars​

Op.Fry - KIA Lake Comacchio,Italy​

biographies :-​

"Anders Lassen,VC" S.Lassen (1965)​

"Anders Lassen,VC,MC of the SAS" M.Langley (1988) ​

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