De VAL, Kevin Leslie

Rank: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base: 
'3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Born: 
Friday, May 14, 1948
Birthplace: 
Middlesex
Died : 
Monday, August 31, 2020
Place died: 
Somerset
Age: 
72
Kevin and Barbara de Val
Served in the Royal Marines from January 1967 to 30 April 2002.
2013 - 2015 Chairman of the independent Royal Marines charity 'Go Commando' and a trustee since the charity's formation in 2010.
Greatly missed by his wife Barbara, sons Declan & Julian, stepson Charles and grandchildren.
 
Sources
London Gazette 44238, page 1153.
London Gazette 56553, page 5252.
Globe and Laurel June 1971.
Report in the Chard and Ilminster News 6 October 2015.
Image of Lt Col. Kevin Leslie de Val and wife Barbara courtesy of Mrs. Barbara de Val.
 

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