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Sub Lt. D. Hockenhull

Rank & Name	Sub Lieutenant (A) Derrick Hockenhull
Unit	Pilot, HMS Daedalus, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
How & When Died	Killed when his aircraft crashed into the Solent, 18 April 1942
Age, if known	20 years
Next of Kin details	Son of Hugh Lupus, and Elsie Hockenhull, of Leeds Road, Scholes, Leeds.
Commemoration Details	Buried in the Churchyard of All Saints Church, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds. Section K, Grave 9
Other Information / Remarks	Derrick Hockenhull was educated at Leeds Grammar School and before the joining the RNVR worked on the staff of the Motor Union Insurance Company. He had served in the ranks for two years before being commissioned. His father's given names are unusual, but this combination of Hugh Lupus was the same as the 1st Duke of Westminster of the Grosvenor family who have estates and a country seat at Ecclestone near Chester in Cheshire. Hugh Lupus Hockenhull was born at Chester in 1885 where the Grosvenor family own much land and property. It is likely that his father (a brewers agent) named his son Hugh Lupus as a mark of his respect for the Duke of Westminster.
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