SOE Taggart, William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Taggart ​

• FORENAME

William ​

• UNIT

X Section SOE ​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

14500273​

• DATE OF DEATH

13th October 1944 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Cassino Memorial,Italy Addenda Panel 24​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Pioneer Corps​

true name Treichl,Wolfgang​

aka Martin,William​

from Vienna,Austria​

born 20.6.1915​

son of Alfred Treichl,Vienna,Austria​

Leutnant,Wehrmacht (Afrika Korps)​

deserted with his men to the British​

SOE for insertion into Austria​

Op.Seafront - landed in error and KIA Wehrmacht barracks,Tolmezzo,Italy​

some accounts give location as Tramontina Valley​

rest of team :- Huber (evaded),Priestley and Dale (POWs and survived)​

SOE File gives date of death as 13th February 1945 ​