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Sub-Lieutenant (A) DEREK JOHN THEOBALD MARAIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Sparrowhawk

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LADY OLD CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jack and K. V. Marais, of Burnham, Buckinghamshire; husband of Betty Aileen Marais.
  • Personal Inscription "TIS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST"
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