Able Seaman Derrick Richard Bolton, C/SSX25844
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Derrick Richard Bolton. Able Seaman, age 24. C/SSX25844 Submarine HMS Traveller (Lt.Cdr. Drummond St.Clair-Ford, RN) left Malta on 28 November 1942 for a patrol in the Gulf of Taranto. She also had to reconnoitre Taranto harbour for a Chariot human torpedo attack (Operation Portcullis). She was reported overdue on 12 December and is presumed lost on Italian mines in her patrol area.
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Information submitted by J. Parrott, 2018
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War II
