H.M.S. Pintail. Age: 36 Son of Maj. Alan Richard Hill-Walker, V.C., and Lilias Hill-Walker; husband of Catherine Louisa Hill-Walker, of Maidstone, Kent.
Ranks:
15 Jan 1925: A/S.Lt.
15 Sep 1925: S.Lt.
15 Sep 1927: Lt.
15 Sep 1935: Lt.Cdr.
Ship: Patrol vessel HMS Pintail (L 21 / K 21), Lt.Cdr., from 23 Nov 1939 to 1 Nov 1940; he was killed during a German air attack.
PS – the HMS Pintail was mined in the Humber estuary on 10 June 1941 some 28 nautical miles east-south-east of Spurn Point in position 53º30'536"N, 00º52'625"E. The vessel blew up and was lost almost immediately, instantly killing her Commanding Officer, Lt. John Leopold Elphinstone McClintock, RN, six-officers and forty-eight ratings.
Ranks:
15 Jan 1925: A/S.Lt.
15 Sep 1925: S.Lt.
15 Sep 1927: Lt.
15 Sep 1935: Lt.Cdr.
Ship: Patrol vessel HMS Pintail (L 21 / K 21), Lt.Cdr., from 23 Nov 1939 to 1 Nov 1940; he was killed during a German air attack.
PS – the HMS Pintail was mined in the Humber estuary on 10 June 1941 some 28 nautical miles east-south-east of Spurn Point in position 53º30'536"N, 00º52'625"E. The vessel blew up and was lost almost immediately, instantly killing her Commanding Officer, Lt. John Leopold Elphinstone McClintock, RN, six-officers and forty-eight ratings.
H.M.S. Pintail. Age: 36 Son of Maj. Alan Richard Hill-Walker, V.C., and Lilias Hill-Walker; husband of Catherine Louisa Hill-Walker, of Maidstone, Kent.
Ranks:
15 Jan 1925: A/S.Lt.
15 Sep 1925: S.Lt.
15 Sep 1927: Lt.
15 Sep 1935: Lt.Cdr.
Ship: Patrol vessel HMS Pintail (L 21 / K 21), Lt.Cdr., from 23 Nov 1939 to 1 Nov 1940; he was killed during a German air attack.
PS – the HMS Pintail was mined in the Humber estuary on 10 June 1941 some 28 nautical miles east-south-east of Spurn Point in position 53º30'536"N, 00º52'625"E. The vessel blew up and was lost almost immediately, instantly killing her Commanding Officer, Lt. John Leopold Elphinstone McClintock, RN, six-officers and forty-eight ratings.
Ranks:
15 Jan 1925: A/S.Lt.
15 Sep 1925: S.Lt.
15 Sep 1927: Lt.
15 Sep 1935: Lt.Cdr.
Ship: Patrol vessel HMS Pintail (L 21 / K 21), Lt.Cdr., from 23 Nov 1939 to 1 Nov 1940; he was killed during a German air attack.
PS – the HMS Pintail was mined in the Humber estuary on 10 June 1941 some 28 nautical miles east-south-east of Spurn Point in position 53º30'536"N, 00º52'625"E. The vessel blew up and was lost almost immediately, instantly killing her Commanding Officer, Lt. John Leopold Elphinstone McClintock, RN, six-officers and forty-eight ratings.
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