Derek Teden
Derek Edmund Teden (19 July 1916 – 15 October 1940 (aged 24)) was an English rugby union player. He won three caps in the 1939 Home Nations Championship.[1] During the Second World War he served as Pilot Officer with the RAF Coastal Command, and disappeared in 1940 on an anti-invasion patrol with No. 206 Squadron RAF. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Derek Teden | Rugby Union | Players and Officials". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ "Casualty Details". CWGC. 15 October 1940. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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