Service Details
Name:
 ELLIOT
Given Name:
 ERNEST DE BURGH FURZER
Initials:
 E D B F
Rank:
 Midshipman
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Gloucester
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-22
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Date of Birth:
 1922-05-07
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Additional
Information:
Son of Harold Reginald Elliot and Norah Enid Amelia. Born Piet Retief, 7 May 1922. ed. Florida School; General Botha Cadet Draft 1938-9. After completing his course in General Botha, Ernest de Burgh Furzer Elliot joined the RNR and served in HMS Dorsetshire and later in the armed merchant cruiser Rauch, as Temporary Midshipman.
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 60, Column 1.

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