Derek William Eves – Flying Officer, RAF, VR, 196 Squadron, Special Operations Pilot, Special Air Service (SAS), operating under the Special Operations Executive, separate from Bomber Command. 196 Squadron took part in the D-Day landings and the assault on Arnhem. They liaised with the French Resistance and carried the SAS and were specialists in low-level flying. Derek Eves was the son of William and Ella Eves. He died on 9 November 1944, aged just twenty. At this time, his squadron was to prepare for the operation known as "Varsity". He failed to return from Operation Draught 7A, over the Zeidersee, Holland.