David Tinker, Date of Birth, Date of Death

David Tinker

Royal Navy officer

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1957

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1982

Profession: naval officer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lieutenant David Hugh Russell Tinker (14 March 1957 – 12 June 1982) was a Royal Navy supply officer, appointed as captain's secretary in the County-class destroyer HMS Glamorgan.
He was killed in action on 12 June 1982, shortly before the end of the Falklands War, when Glamorgan was hit by an Exocet missile fired from a lorry by an Argentine Navy team in Stanley; he was on duty as flight deck officer on the flight deck, aft of the ship, within the helicopter bay, at the time.
Twelve other sailors were also killed.