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In Remembrance of
Howard Lewis Charles King

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Date of birth: 21st February 1916
Place of birth: Forest Gate, Essex, England
Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: C/LD/X 4228
Joined Hood: 1941
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship) (Signalman)
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Biographical Information:

Howard was born on 21st February 1916 in Forest Gate, London to parents Charles & Christine King. He had one sister, Irene. Howard was serving in H.M.S. Cumberland when he was temporarily drafted to Hood as a replacement for a signalman who had came down with appendicitis. He was 25 years old at the time of his loss.



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Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent, England

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

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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
Howard's nephew, Robert Charles Harvey (photo & information, January 2004)