Engine Room Artifer 4th Class.
Killed in Action 1st November 1944. Age 22.
Son of Albert Thomas & Lena May Potter of Well Hall, Kent
He was on board Support Landing Craft 252 ( H.M. L.C.S. (L) 252. ) which was one of 3 lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Island Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944.
Various other types of LC were lost in the same action.
He is buried in Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery. 6.C.2. This is to the North of Antwerp.
Derek is remembered here on the grave of his parents Albert and Lena .
Engine Room Artifer 4th Class.
Killed in Action 1st November 1944. Age 22.
Son of Albert Thomas & Lena May Potter of Well Hall, Kent
He was on board Support Landing Craft 252 ( H.M. L.C.S. (L) 252. ) which was one of 3 lost in Operation Infatuate, Walcheren Island Landings, Holland, November 1, 1944.
Various other types of LC were lost in the same action.
He is buried in Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery. 6.C.2. This is to the North of Antwerp.
Derek is remembered here on the grave of his parents Albert and Lena .
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