Battles/wars World War II Service/branch Royal Navy Name Derick Hetherington Rank Rear admiral | Died November 23, 1992 Allegiance United Kingdom Battles and wars World War II | |
Born 27 June 1911
Brentford, Middlesex, England ( 1911-06-27 ) Commands held HMS Lookout
Malta Dockyard Awards Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Cross | ||
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.
Naval career
Hetherington served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Windsor in May 1943 and commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Lookout in March 1944. He saw action in the Battle of the Ligurian Sea, destroying two German Ships in March 1945. After the War he became Director of Naval Training at the Admiralty in January 1958 and Flag Officer, Malta in July 1959. In retirement he served as President of the Watlington Branch of the Royal British Legion from 1981 to 1989. He died in 1992 and was buried at St Mary's Church in Pyrton in Oxfordshire.
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