Petty Officer Sidney Brimilcombe
Royal Navy, HMS 'Campeador V' D/230527
Date of Birth: 1st quarter 1889
Place of Birth: Shaldon, Devon
Date of Death: 22nd June 1940 Aged 52
Buried: Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial
Awarded the 1939-1945 Star and the War Medal 1939-1945
Son of John Edward, 1844, an agricultural labourer, and Mary Jane Brimilicombe, 1853, of Ringmore, Shaldon, Devon.
| William Brimilcombe 1883 | Edward Brimilcombe 1886 |
| Sidney Brimilcombe 1888 | Fred Brimilcombe 1891 |
| Ernest Brimilcombe 1893 |
Sidney joined the Royal Navy on the 2nd of October 1904 for 12 years stating he was born on the 2nd of October 1886.
Sidney's first posting as a "Boy unrated" was to HMS Pembroke.
HMS Pembroke - Teresa Stokes. CC BY-SA 3.0
Sidney was aboard HMS Roxburgh from the 4th of June 1912 until the 22nd of August 1918 and survived WW1.
HMS Roxburgh - Copyright Naval History and Heritage Command. NH 57147
HMS Campeador
The motor yacht HMS Campeador V. was built for Vernon W. MacAndrew Esq. at Dartmouth in 1938 and was designed by Norman Hart.
At the outbreak of war, HMS Campeador was offered to the Admiralty for patrol work and the owner volunteered along with two other members of the Royal Dart Yacht Club to help crew the yacht.
On the 23rd of February 1940, the vessel was requisitioned for war service on harbour patrol duties at the hire rate of £60.0.0d per month.
On the 22nd of June 1940, HMS Campeador V. (FY002) was sunk by a magnetic mine and foundered. 20 people lost their lives. Two crew were picked up.
In the Deck Cabin of HMS Campeador V left to right Commander C H Davey OBE RN, Surgeon Rear Admiral James R Muir RN serving as a Lieutenant RNVR, Lieutenant Charles Turner RNVR - © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 306)
