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Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking

We will remember them
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In Remembrance of
Walter Moody

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Date of birth: 27th April 1921
Place of birth: Ealing, Middlesex, England
Parents: Thomas and Clara Moody
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Ordinary Signalman
Service Number: P/JX 221556
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
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Biographical Information:

Walter was born on 27th April 1921 in Ealing, London to Thomas and Clara Moody. The family later lived in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He was 20 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)





Walter's name is in Column 2 of Panel 52.





Detail of Walter'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)