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Wilden, van der, Pieter

Date of birth:
May 8th, 1914 (Haarlem, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 6th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen)
Buried on:
Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Served with the:
- Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten (BBO)
- Special Operations Executive (SOE)

Parachuted together with his nephew at Holten on 18 February 1943 and subsequently arrested. Both were executed on 6 September 1944 at KZ Mauthausen.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Tijdelijk Dienstplichtig Sergeant
Unit:
N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
May 2nd, 1953
Awarded for:
Operation Tennis
"Has decorated himself by courageous acting against the enemy as an agent in secret intelligence service, that had send him to by the enemy occupied territory, where he had to accomplish a life threatening task under extreme difficult circumstances, what by enemy counter measures resulted in his death."

Posthumously awarded (royal decree no. 33)
Bronzen Kruis (BK)

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