HMS Sharpshooter Service Career C W Burn

HMS Sharpshooter Crew
C W Burn

Cecil William Burn

Date of Birth: 6^th January 1909

Place:    Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset

Service History (Extracts from Form S459 Certificate of Service)

Port Division: Chatham

Official No.:    MX77951

Date entered service:   29^th July 1941

Date left service:   8th Dec 1946

C W Burn (seated) in Engine Room of Sharpshooter

Name of Ship		Substantive Rating	From	To
Pembroke	Chatham	ACT ERA 4cl	29^th July 1941	31^st Oct 1941
Boscawen (Sharpshooter)	Portland	ERA 4cl	1^st Nov 1941	27^th July 1942
Boscawen (Sharpshooter)	Portland	ERA 4	28^th July 1942	28^th Sept 1942
Boscawen (Sharpshooter)	Portland	ERA 4 (CPO)	29^th Sept 1942	4^th May 1943
Hannibal (Sharpshooter)	Algiers	ERA 4 (CPO)	5^th May 1943	31^st July 1943
St Angelo (Sharpshooter)	Malta	ERA 4 (CPO)	1^st Aug 1943	31^st Mar 1944
Nile (Sharpshooter)	Alex.	ERA 4 (CPO)	1^st April 1944	28^th July 1944
Nile (Sharpshooter)	Alex.	ERA 3	29^th July 1944	30^th Sept 1944
Boscawen (Sharpshooter)	Portland	ERA 3	1^st Oct 1944	14^th Nov 1944
Europa (Sharpshooter)	Lowestoft	ERA 3	15^th Nov 1944	4^th June 1945
Pembroke	Chatham	ERA 3	5^th June 1945	10^th Sept 1945
Pembroke (SORF Staff)	Chatham	ERA 3	11^th Sept 1945	26^th Sept 1946
Pembroke	Chatham	ERA 3	27^th Sept 1946	8^th Dec 1946

Service History Certificate C W Burn

War Medal
1939 - 45 Star
Atlantic Star
Africa Star
Defence Medal
Italy Star
Oak Leaf (Mention in Despatches under enemy fire)

Extract from ’Conduct’ section of Form S459 Certificate of Service

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