Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch Royal Navy Name Reginald Ellingworth | Service number P/J26011 Rank Chief Petty Officer Unit HMS Vernon | |
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Birth name Reginald Vincent Ellingworth Buried at Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth Battles/wars World War II bomb disposal
* The Blitz † Died September 21, 1940, Dagenham, United Kingdom Place of burial Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth, United Kingdom | ||
Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth, GC (28 January 1898 – 21 September 1940) was a sailor in the Royal Navy who—along with Lieutenant Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan—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. Notice of his award appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette of 17 December 1940.
The pair 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. He is buried at Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth.