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LASSEN, Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
LASSEN, Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau
Date Of Birth
22 Sep 1920
Age
24
Birth Place
Baekkeskov, South Zealand, Denmark
Nationality
Danish
Resided Place
Denmark
Date
8 Apr 1945
Date Of Death
9 Apr 1945
Fate
Killed in action
Information
General List, attached Special Boat Service, No.1 S.A.S. Regiment. Son of Emil Victor Schau Lassen and Suzanne Maria Signe Lassen, of Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark.
More Information
Further gazette dates: 19/02/1946 (M.C.); 19/02/1946 (M.C.Bar); 19/02/1946 (M.C.Second Bar). Further gazette pages: 1049 (M.C.); 1048 (M.C.Bar.); 1048 (M.C.Second Bar.) Further gazette issues: 37476 (M.C.); 37476 (M.C.Bar); 37476 (M.C.Second Bar)
Rank Name
Temporary Major
Rank (2nd)
Acting Lieutenant-Colonel.
Service Number
234907
Gazette Date
1945
Gazette Page
4469 (V.C.); Issue: 37254 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Lake Comacchio, Italy; Italy (including Monte Cassino, Anzio, Salerno, San Marino etc)
Died in Active Service
Gold Star
Service
British Army
Regiment
General List
Battalion
Attached Special Boat Service, No.1 S.A.S. Regiment
Commemorated
Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy; Stone memorial, St Peter's Chapel, Praesto Fjord, Norway.
Place of Death
Near Lake Comacchio, Italy
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Italy Star
award
Defence Medal
award
UK Military Cross (MC)
award
1939-1945 Star
award
War Medal 1939 - 1945
award
Africa Star
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
unit
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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