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- Birth nameClaus Leopold Octavio Ascher
- Colin Anson was born on February 13, 1922 in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Alice Hedy Gross. He died on June 27, 2016 in Watford, England.
- SpouseAlice Hedy Gross(1951 - June 16, 2016) (her death, 3 children)
- Helen Fry wrote his biography "German Schoolboy, British Commando: Churchill's Secret Soldier".
- In 1945-46 he worked on denazification efforts in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Landed in Sicily with commando forces during World War II where he received a serious head wound. After recovering in Egypt he rejoined Allied forces and fought across Italy on to he Adriatic where he almost single-handily liberated Corfu.
- His wife Alice was a Kindertransport child from Austria who joined the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) working in the photographic section of RAF Bomber Command on the team that pinpointed sites of German V-1 flying bombs.
- Has three children Barbara, Diana and Edward.
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