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We will remember them
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In Remembrance of
Andre Minard

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Date of birth: 4th May 1914
Place of birth: Paris, France
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Signalman
Service Number: P/JX 225927
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
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Biographical Information:

Andre was a Frenchman who served in the Royal Navy under the alias of "Andrew Nicholson." He was born on 4th May 1914, Paris 17, Seine, France. He was 27 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)





Andre's name is in Column 1 of Panel 52.





Detail of Andre'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)
"Caspack" Paper N. 3927, dated 1942, "French Ratings Lost in H.M.S. Hood and HMS Branlebas"