Date of birth:

October 12th, 1919 (Sliedrecht/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

November 10th, 1944 (London, England)

Service number:

18170

Nationality:

Dutch

Son of Teunis van de Wetering and Hermina Kroon. Lived in Sliedrecht before leaving for the Dutch East Indies. Enlisted in the Marine Corps for six years in 1936. After completing his recruit training at the Marine Barracks in Rotterdam, he trained as a gunner on the HMS Gelderland. In May 1938, he left for the Dutch East Indies, where he served on HMS Flores, among other ships. After the Japanese invasion, he managed to escape on the HMS Jacob van Heemskerck to Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. He survived the torpedoing of the HMS Isaac Sweers in the Mediterranean Sea. He was involved in the shelling on D-Day off the coast of Utah Beach with the HMS Soemba. He was killed by a V2 strike while visiting a swimming pool in London on 10 November 1944. Dirk Herman van de Wetering was buried at Manor Park Cemetery in London, together with the three other Dutch victims of the explosion.

Promotions:
1 October 1938 - Marine 2nd class
1 March 1940 - Marine 1st class
1 December 1942 - Constable Mate
1 December 1943 - Corporal Constable

From June 1942 onwards, he was stationed on the:
HMS Isaac Sweers, HMS Gruno, HMS Oranje-Nassau, HMS Hydrograaf, HMS Schokland, HMS Flores and HMS Soemba.

Decorations:
War Memorial Cross with clasps for War at Sea 1940-1945, Mediterranean Sea 1940-1945 and East Asia-South Pacific 1942-1945.
Royal Mention in the Daily Order HMS Soemba.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korporaal-Konstabel

Unit:

Korps Mariniers

Awarded on:

May 11th, 1950

Awarded posthumously, provisional authorisation to wear the decoration had already been granted in July 1944.
With clasps ?Krijg ter Zee 1940-1945? (War at Sea 1940-1945), ?Middellandse Zee 1940-1945? (Mediterranean Sea 1940-1945) and ?Oost-Azi?-Zuid-Pacific 1942-1945? (East Asia-South Pacific 1942-1945).

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korporaal-Konstabel

Unit:

Korps Mariniers (Dutch Marines )

Awarded on:

August 9th, 1950

• Photo 1: Oorlogsgravenstichting
• Photo 2: Oorlogsgravenstichting
• - D.H. van de Wetering.pdf.
  

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Dutch Monument Mill Hill Cemetery London

London - Greater London