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C W Burn in engine room of HMS Sharpshooter

 

Cecil William Burn 

Date of Birth: 6th 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:   29th 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

29th July 1941

31st Oct 1941

Boscawen (Sharpshooter)

Portland

ERA 4cl

1st Nov 1941

27th July 1942

Boscawen (Sharpshooter)

Portland

ERA 4

28th July 1942

28th Sept 1942

Boscawen (Sharpshooter)

Portland

ERA 4 (CPO)

29th Sept 1942

4th May 1943

Hannibal (Sharpshooter)

Algiers

ERA 4 (CPO)

5th May 1943

31st July 1943

St Angelo (Sharpshooter)

Malta

ERA 4 (CPO)

1st Aug 1943

31st Mar 1944

Nile (Sharpshooter)

Alex.

ERA 4 (CPO)

1st April 1944

28th July 1944

Nile (Sharpshooter)

Alex.

ERA 3

29th July 1944

30th Sept 1944

Boscawen (Sharpshooter)

Portland

ERA 3

1st Oct 1944

14th Nov 1944

Europa (Sharpshooter)

Lowestoft

ERA 3

15th Nov 1944

4th June 1945

Pembroke

Chatham

ERA 3

5th June 1945

10th Sept 1945

Pembroke (SORF Staff)

Chatham

ERA 3

11th Sept 1945

26th Sept 1946

Pembroke

Chatham

ERA 3

27th Sept 1946

8th 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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