Ordinary Signalman PETER DEREK APPLETON
Service Number: D/JX61780
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Highflyer.
Date of Death
Died 28 September 1944
Age 18 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Frederick James Appleton and Mary Appleton, of Ilminster, Somerset.
- Personal Inscription "SOFTLY, YE WINDS, O'ER HIS DEAR YOUNG HEAD WHISPER A BENEDICTION FOR THE DEAD"
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