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256368 Derek Lewis Betts Bevin Boys from:Lutterworth, Leics Derek Betts was my father and he was picked to become a Bevin Boy when he was 18. He was born in 1926. He was sent to the Dunston On Tyne mine and it was arranged that he stayed with his sister's future mother-in-law and apparently she was very hostile to him. Not sure how long he was in the mines but had an accident and was sent to hospital. He was helping another man carry a very heavy piece of metal. The other man dropped his end. Derek received a hernia as a result. His hernia was operated on and repaired. Whilst he was in hospital he was given the new drug Penicillin. Unfortunately, he proved to be highly allergic to the drug and almost died. He was sent home and never returned to the mines. Upon his recovery he was sent to work as a security guard on troops ships who were travelling the world bringing back wounded service men at the end of the war. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.