BURROWS, Derrick Trevor
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Friday, April 13, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lieutenant Derrick Burrows, 'Y' troop, was killed whilst administering morphia to a wounded marine. His Commando were engaged in operations at the River Aller near Hademstorf where he was originally buried before being re-interred at Becklingen on 21 August 1946. He received a Mention in Despatches for good service with the 21st Army Group. Son of Percy Charles and Claudia Emelene Burrows, of Old Windsor, Berkshire.
Sources
CWGC
The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
London Gazette 37251, page 4440.
Notes
Lieut. D.T. Burrows is listed on the nominal roll of 45RM Commando Officers in October 1944 published in the Navy Lists of that month [view].
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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