-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking

We will remember them
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In Remembrance of
Norman Kay

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Date of birth: 25th April 1915
Place of birth: Gateshead, County Durham, England
Parents: Bolton and Edith Kay
Wife: Eileen Kay
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Service Number: P/MX 51909
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
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Biographical Information:

Norman was born on 25th April 1915 in Gateshead, Co. Durham to Bolton and Edith Kay. He was the husband of Eileen Kay, of Titchfield, Hampshire. He was the son of . He was 26 years old at the time of his loss.



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Hood Chapel, Church of St. John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea, Hampshire, England

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The part of the memorial in which the Hood casualty names can be found.
(Panels 45 to 61)





Norman's name is in Column 2 of Panel 53.





Detail of Norman's name.





Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)