Service Details
Name:
 SUMMERS
Given Name:
 EDWIN JOHN
Initials:
 E J
Rank:
 Midshipman
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Punjabi
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-01
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Date of Birth:
 1922-07-14
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed when battleship HMS King George V crashed into PUNJABI'S port side just abaft the engine room and went through her "like a butter knife at 25 knots". PUNJABI'S stern sank almost immediately.
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles William and Constance (nee Higgins) Summers, of Zeerust, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Zeerust. Educated Zeerust Primary School. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Cadet Draft 1937-9. On leaving General Botha, Edwin John Summers joined the RNR as Midshipman and was posted to HMS Norfolk and later transferred to HMS Punjab.
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 75, Column 1.

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