- SURNAME
Ellingworth
- FORENAME
Reginald Vincent
- UNIT
HMS Vernon,Royal Navy
- RANK
Chief Petty Officer
- NUMBER
P/J 26011
- DATE OF DEATH
21st September 1940
- AGE
42
- GRAVESITE
Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery, Hampshire Ploy Y Row 18 Grave 11
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.01.1898, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, UK
son of Frank and Kate Ellingworth
husband of Jessie Day Ellingworth, Portsmouth, Hampshire
civil occupation Motor Car Body Maker
award G.C. (posthumous)
killed Dagenham, Essex
London Gazette 35018, 17th December 1940, Page 7107
DATE OF DEATH:
21-Sep-1940AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/ellingworth-reginald-vincent.38533/CITATION:
George Cross : Chief Petty Officer Ellingworth, who had been commended by VERNON for his earlier work on mines, shared in many of the risks faced by Lt.Cdr. Ryan and, like him, lost his life in carrying out the highly skilled and perilous duties he had willingly accepted.
WEB LINKS:
• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35018/supplement/7107• https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7378069
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Ellingworth
• http://www.vconline.org.uk/reginald-v-ellingworth-gc/4589129835
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57626395/reginald-vincent-ellingworth
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