In Memory Of

BURNS, ELLICK THOMAS EUSTACE

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