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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

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  • 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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Buried or commemorated at

LADY OLD CHURCHYARD
Orkney United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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