Service Details
Name:
 ELLIS
Given Name:
 RICHARD LEONARD ASHBURTON
Initials:
 R L A
Service No:
 742693
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 49 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-03-21
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, in Hampden X3054, returning from mine laying, crashed on high ground on Hamel Down Tor, Dartmoor, probably ground or obstacle contact. An inscribed stone marks the spot
Additional
Information:
Son of Leonard Erasmus Ellis and of Evelyn le Hunte Ellis (nee Barnes), of Kloof, Natal, South Africa. Represented Malvern for the Ashburton Shield at Bisley, and in the Public Schools Athletics (Hurdles) at the White City.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. Z.K. Grave 7.

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