In Memory Of

SUMMERS, EDWIN JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1922-07-14
Rank:
 Midshipman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Punjabi
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-05-01
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 75, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
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.