DIGHTON, Derrick John
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Essex County Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Suffolk Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
14205604
Died :
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Lance Sergeant Derrick Dighton, 4 Troop, was wounded on 24 January 1945 . At this time his Commando were engaged in operations at Maasbracht. Derrick was an Essex Police Officer who retired as a Chief Superintendent in 1982 having served at Romford, Bishops Stortford, Harwich, Kelvedon, Dunmow, Braintree, Chelmsford and Colchester.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/88.
Linked Content below.
Forum message (obituaries).
Article re wedding in the Bedfordshire Times and Independent 20 December 1946.
Article in the Birmingham Daily Post 16 August 1972.
[Image] Stephane Saint-Martin.
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