In Memory Of

ELLIOT, ERNEST DE BURGH FURZER

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1922-05-07
Rank:
 Midshipman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Gloucester
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-05-22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 60, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
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.