Able Seaman Albert Gillian Lightfoot (D/SSX 20226) served in the Royal Navy during World War Two. Some documentation gives Lightfoot the middle name Julian, while the Commonwealth War Graves Commission states Gillian.
Born on 22nd August 1919, he was the son of Albert Lightfoot and Janine Lightfoot (née Julian or Gillian) of Kiligarth Manor, Polperro, Cornwall.
Imperial War Museum Photo: IWM (FL 3067) (Part of the Ministry of Defence Foxhill Collection of Ship Photographs). Wartime photo of HMS Broke off the coast at Spithead on the Solent, Hampshire. Copyright Royal Navy Official Photographer.
Lightfoot died on 16th January 1941 aged 21 years old. His death came about by injuries sustained when a hand grenade accidentally exploded onboard HMS Broke.
Albert Gillian Lightfoot’s grave is in Glenalina Extension, Section D, Grave 119 of Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Co. Antrim.