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Rear Admiral Derick Henry Fellowes Hetherington CB DSC & Bar (27 June 1911 – 23 November 1992) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Malta .
Early life and education [ edit ]
Hetherington was born on 27 June 1911, and educated at St Neot's School, Eversley and the Royal Naval College , Dartmouth.[1]
In 1942 he married Josephine Mary Vavasour; they had a son and three daughters.[1]
Naval career [ edit ]
Hetherington served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Windsor in early May 1943 and commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Lookout in March 1944.[2] Battle of the Ligurian Sea , destroying two German Ships in March 1945.[3] Captain, (D ) , 4th Destroyer Squadron from March 1956 to November 1957. In July 1959 he was appointed Flag Officer, Malta , retiring from the service in 1961.[4] [1]
Later life and death [ edit ]
After leaving the Royal Navy, Hetherington was appointed as Domestic Bursar of Merton College, Oxford in 1961, and made a Fellow of the college two years later.[1]
In retirement he served as President of the Watlington Branch of the Royal British Legion from 1981 to 1989.[5]
Hetherington died in 1992 and was buried at St Mary's Church in Pyrton in Oxfordshire .[6]
References [ edit ]
^ Tucker p. 466-7
^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2015 .
^ "History" . Royal British Legion, Watlington Branch. Retrieved 8 February 2015 .
^ "Derick Hetherington" . Find a grave. Retrieved 8 February 2015 .
Sources [ edit ]
Tucker, Spencer (2011). World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1 . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598844573
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