SMITH, Derek
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
'45 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
RM 9883
Born:
Sunday, May 31, 1931
Died :
Monday, March 24, 1952
Died on active service
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine Derek Smith was shot and killed by a Malayan Police Inspector. He was originally buried in Pasir Panjang Cemetery before being reinterred at Kranji.
Sources
AFM ROH
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 17 January 1953.
British Newspaper Archive (website britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk); The British Library Board.
Primary Roll of Honour:
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