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
Born:
1923
Birthplace:
St Neotts, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Died :
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Lance Sergeant Derrick Dighton, 4 Troop, was wounded on 24 January 1945 . His Commando were engaged in operations at Maasbracht.
In 1946 Derrick John Dighton married Annie Margaret Champkin. He was by then an Essex Police Constable having served 4 years in No.3 Commando. Retiring in 1982, rank of Chief Superintendent, his police service included postings at Romford, Bishops Stortford, Harwich, Kelvedon, Dunmow, Braintree, Chelmsford, and Colchester. His father Sidney had been a Police Officer in the Huntingdonshire County Police.
In 1946 Derrick John Dighton married Annie Margaret Champkin. He was by then an Essex Police Constable having served 4 years in No.3 Commando. Retiring in 1982, rank of Chief Superintendent, his police service included postings at Romford, Bishops Stortford, Harwich, Kelvedon, Dunmow, Braintree, Chelmsford, and Colchester. His father Sidney had been a Police Officer in the Huntingdonshire County Police.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/88.
Linked Content below.
Forum message (obituaries).
Article in the Peterborough Standard 3 July 1931, p16.
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.
Notes
Whilst suspected it is not confirmed that he joined the commandos as part of a police intake.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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