Reginald Ellingworth
English sailor (1898–1940)
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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 |
| Died | 21 September 1940 (aged 42) Dagenham, Essex |
Buried | Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Rank | Chief Petty Officer |
| Service number | P/J26011 |
| Unit | HMS Vernon |
Conflicts | 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]