Chief Petty Officer REGINALD VINCENT ELLINGWORTH
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Vernon.
Died 21 September 1940
Age 42 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards George Cross
- Additional Info Son of Frank and Kate Ellingworth; husband of Jessie Day Ellingworth, of Portsmouth.
- Personal Inscription IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION. DUTY NOBLY DONE
- Additional Citation note
The following details are given in the London Gazette of 17th December 1940:- The King has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumuous award of the George Cross, for great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty, to Chief Petty Officer R. V. Ellingworth, R.N."
C.P.O. Ellingworth, together with Lt. Cdr. Richard Ryan, R.N., went to a warehouse in Dagenham, Essex, where an unexploded bomb was hanging from a parachute. The pair, who had faced many dangers together, were both killed by it's explosion and both were awarded the George Cross posthumously.
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