Derek William Farrell
Service number
14440906
Military unit
140 Officer Cadet Training Unit Royal Engineers
Address
Greywalls, Kiln Road, Benfleet, Essex.
Date of birth
Date of death
23 Feb 1945 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Rochford, Suffolk.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Son of William and Kathleen Mary Farrell, of Leigh-on-Sea.
Military history
Admitted to Newark Hospital still conscious with a gunshot wound to the abdomen after shooting himself at the O.C.T.U, Bowbridge Road, Newark. Died the following day after being transfered to Lincoln Military Hospital. The inquest 6/3/1945 heard he had been told he would be RTU'd (returned to unit) after failing the course. He had informed the Medical Officer at Lincoln that it was the "Disgrace of being RTU'd that had made him try and shot himself in the heart, but he had made a mess of it ".
Extra information
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Photographs
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