Operation Chess
Operation Chess was a British Commando raid during the Second World War. It was carried out by 17 men of No. 12 Commando commanded by a Second Lieutenant Pinckney over the night of 27/28 July 1941.
The target for the raid was Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. The raiding party were towed across the English Channel in two Landing Craft by a Motor Launch, which cast them off two miles from the Slack River near Ambleteuse. They remained ashore for one hour, no prisoners were taken.[1]
Cdr. Sir Geoffrey Congreve Bt DSO died of his wounds received during the raid.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Naval codewords: Pas-de-Calais". Naval History. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ The Times:In memoriam - War, Saturday 27 July 2013