Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth, GC (28 January 1898 – 21 September 1940) was a sailor in the Royal Navy.
Reginald Vincent Ellingworth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 January 1898 Wolverhampton |
| Died | 21 September 1940 (aged 42) Dagenham, Essex |
| 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 |
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]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Reginald V Ellingworth GC - victoriacross". www.vconline.org.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "No. 35018". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1940. p. 7107.
- ^ The George Cross at Sea, 1939–45
- ^ a b Casualty details — Ellingworth, Reginald Vincent, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2008-02-13