Service Details
Name:
 BURNS
Given Name:
 ELLICK THOMAS EUSTACE
Initials:
 E T E
Service No:
 D/KX 77198
Rank:
 Stoker 1st Class
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Neptune
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-19
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Date of Birth:
 1902-08-23
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Violet Beatrice Burns; husband of Maria Aletta Burns, of Cape Town, South Africa. Born Pontypridd, Glamorgan
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 52, Column 3.

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