Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1637

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Ernest Pittick d. 1940

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Walter Ernest / Pittick / 62 / Lost with / H.M.Y. 'Campeador V’ / By Enemy Action / 22 June 1940'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: HMY Campeador V

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Pittick, Walter Ernest
Age: 62
Date of Death: 22/6/1940
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Cook
Organisation: Auxiliary Patrol Service

Extra

Notes: HMY 'Campeador V' mined and sunk off Portsmouth 22 June 1940

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 28; Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

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