Reginald Ellingworth

Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth, GC (28 January 1898 – 21 September 1940) was a sailor in the Royal Navy.

Reginald Vincent Ellingworth
Born(1898-01-28)28 January 1898
Wolverhampton
Died21 September 1940(1940-09-21) (aged 42)
Dagenham, Essex
Buried
Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
RankChief Petty Officer
Service numberP/J26011
UnitHMS Vernon
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsGeorge Cross

Ellingworth was born in Wolverhampton, Stampfordshire 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
  1. "Reginald V Ellingworth GC - victoriacross". www.vconline.org.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. "No. 35018". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1940. p. 7107.
  3. The George Cross at Sea, 1939–45
  4. Casualty details — Ellingworth, Reginald Vincent, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2008-02-13
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