Ernest Pitcher

ROYAL NAVY SERVICE RECORD

• Document reference: ADM 188/401
• Service Number: 227029
• Date of Birth: 31st December 1887
• Place of Birth: Mullion
• Occupation prior to enlistment: Plumber's Mate
• Date discharged: 30th December 1927
• Cause of discharge: Shore Pensioned
• Next of kin: Address: 2 Coastguard Buildings, Swanage, Dorset. Living with 3 siblings and his parents George and Sarah. (Document reference: RG 12/1641, folio 4, page2 05-04-91), Address: 8 Eldon Terrace, Swanage, Dorset. Living with 6 siblings and his parents George and Sarah. (Document reference: RG 13/1985, folio 18, pg 27 31-03-01)
• Death: General Register Office Death, Aged 57, Registered March 1946, Registration district Sturminster, Dorset, Volume 5a, Page 300. (Document reference: GRO, BMD/ )
• Medal: Victoria Cross (as gazetted on 30 October 1917, Supplement 30363, Page 11315): honour for services in action (8 August 1917 on HMS Dunraven) with enemy submarine. Pitcher was selected by the crew of a gun of one of H.M. ships to receive the VC under rule 13 of the Royal Warrant dated 29 Jan 1856. (Document reference: London Gazette/ 30-10-17)
• BMD: General Register Office Birth for Ernest Pitcher, Registered March 1888, Registration district Helston, Cornwall, Volume 5c, Page 186 (Document reference: GRO, BMD/ ), General Register Office Marriage (wife's name Lily E L H Eyers) for Ernest Pitcher, Registered September 1918, Registration district Wareham, Dorset, Volume 5a, Page 715. (Document reference: GRO, BMD/ )
• Battles served in: Belgian Coast