Derick Hetherington


Derick Henry Fellowes Hetherington CB DSC & Bar was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Malta.

Naval career

Hetherington served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Windsor in May 1943 and commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Lookout in March 1944. He saw action in the Battle of the Ligurian Sea, destroying two German Ships in March 1945. After the War he was appointed Captain,, 4th Destroyer Squadron from March 1956 to November 1957. In July 1959 he was appointed Flag Officer, Malta. In retirement he served as President of the Watlington Branch of the Royal British Legion from 1981 to 1989. He died in 1992 and was buried at St Mary's Church in Pyrton in Oxfordshire.