Reginald Vincent Ellingworth | |
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Born | Wolverhampton | 28 January 1898
Died | 21 September 1940 Dagenham, Essex | (aged 42)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Chief Petty Officer |
Service number | P/J26011 |
Unit | HMS Vernon |
Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
Awards | George Cross |
Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth, GC (28 January 1898 – 21 September 1940) was a sailor in the Royal Navy.
Ellingworth was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire to Frank and Kate Louise. [1]
He was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he displayed while attempting to defuse a parachute mine that had fallen in Dagenham, Essex, during the Blitz, along with Lieutenant Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan and Dick Moore. [1] Notice of his award appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette of 17 December 1940. [2] [3]
The soldiers had defused many such devices together, and had just successfully defused a device in Hornchurch which was threatening an aerodrome and explosives factory when they were called to Dagenham. The bomb there was hanging from its parachute on a warehouse. [4] He is buried at Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth. [4]
He was married to Rose Ward until her death in 1925. He remarried Jessie Day Phillips. [1]
Reginald Vincent Ellingworth | |
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Born | Wolverhampton | 28 January 1898
Died | 21 September 1940 Dagenham, Essex | (aged 42)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Chief Petty Officer |
Service number | P/J26011 |
Unit | HMS Vernon |
Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
Awards | George Cross |
Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth, GC (28 January 1898 – 21 September 1940) was a sailor in the Royal Navy.
Ellingworth was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire to Frank and Kate Louise. [1]
He was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he displayed while attempting to defuse a parachute mine that had fallen in Dagenham, Essex, during the Blitz, along with Lieutenant Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan and Dick Moore. [1] Notice of his award appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette of 17 December 1940. [2] [3]
The soldiers had defused many such devices together, and had just successfully defused a device in Hornchurch which was threatening an aerodrome and explosives factory when they were called to Dagenham. The bomb there was hanging from its parachute on a warehouse. [4] He is buried at Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth. [4]
He was married to Rose Ward until her death in 1925. He remarried Jessie Day Phillips. [1]