Ellis, Roland Hubert Wyburne

Geboortedatum:: 1913 (Windsor, Verenigd Koninkrijk)
Overlijdensdatum:: 27 september 1944 (Sint Anthonis, Nederland)
Begraven op:: Oorlogsgraven van het Gemenebest Sint Anthonis
Graf: 1.
Dienstnummer:: 117242
Nationaliteit:: Britse

Biografie

Leeftijd: 31. Zoon van Bertram W. Ellis, en van Winifred D. Ellis (geboren Mackinnon) van Cookham Dean, Berkshire. BA, LL.B. De onderscheidingen van Capt. Ellis zijn door zijn neef in op 28 september 2019 aan de dorpsraad van St. Anthonis geschonken.

Situatie rondom zijn dood beschreven als volgt:

"staff car never quite recovered from its baptism of fire.
The next day was much the same. A Squadron was allowed to 27 Sep
stand down for maintenance and B Squadron, with patrols of Recce
Squadron, again moved out to the south-east to investigate the area
where 3rd Troop had had its battle. Very soon the Squadron came
under heavy fire from the south and the enemy soon made it clear
that he was in greater strength than on the day before. While the
Squadron was engaging these guns, Captain R. H. W. Ellis (Second
in Command) was unfortunately killed by a mortar bomb, which
landed on the turret of his tank. Shortly afterwards a heavily
camouflaged Tiger tank was spotted near the monastery at Lactaria;
while moving to engage the Tiger one of 1st Troop''s tanks became etc……."

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