-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
Robert Henry White Pringle

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Date of birth: 27th June 1921
Place of birth: West Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Service Number: P/KX 98111
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
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Biographical Information:

Robert was born on 27th June 1921 in West Hartlepool, County Durham to Doris Lilian Pringle. He was 19 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)





Robert's name is in Column 2 of Panel 55.





Detail of Robert'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)
Gillian Smith (information derived from summer 1941 editions of The Hartlepool Mail, June 2015)