-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
Kenneth Herbert William Keating

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Date of birth: 2nd August 1911
Place of birth: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Parents: Herbert and Daisy Keating
Wife: Marjorie Keating
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/JX 128379
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
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Biographical Information:

Kenneth was born on 2nd August 1911 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire to Herbert and Daisy Keating. He was the husband of Marjorie Keating, of Southsea, Hampshire. He was 29 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)





Kenneth's name is in Column 2 of Panel 48.





Detail of Kenneth'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)
Philip Keating (photo, May 2013)