-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking
In Remembrance of
Frederick George Mendham
Place of birth: Perlethorpe cum Budby, Nottinghamshire, England
Parents: Alice Winifred May Mendham
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Boy 1st Class
Service Number: P/JX 162597
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
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Biographical Information:
Frederick was born on 5th July 1923 in the tiny hamlet of Budby in Southwell parish, Nottinghamshire, to Alice Winifred May Mendham. He is commemorated on the Budby war memorial. The family later lived in Skegness, Lincolnshire. His cousin Wilfred Albert Mendham, also of Budby, died in 1942 with the RAF in Eygpt.
Frederick was 17 years old at the time of his loss. We have no additional information.
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Budby War Memorial, Budby, Nottinghamshire, England
Photos of the memorial
Hood Chapel, Church of St. John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England
Photos of the memorial
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea, Hampshire, England
Photos of the memorial
The part of the memorial in which the Hood casualty names can be found.
(Panels 45 to 61)
Frederick's name is in Column 3 of Panel 51.
Detail of Frederick'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)
Information and Budby village memorial photo from Mr Shaun Noble, March and May 2021