-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking
In Remembrance of
Basil Patrick Stevenson
Place of birth: Hendon, Middlesex, England
Parents: Basil and Hilda Stevenson
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Rank: Midshipman
Joined Hood: 29th April 1941 (Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve)
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship) (Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve)
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Biographical Information:
Basil was born in October 1922. He was the son of Walter Stevenson, a banker, and his wife, Hilda. He appears to have spent some of his childhood in the United States - the family having taken passage to New York on White Star S.S. Baltic in February 1927.
He was rated a Probationary Temporary Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, from 17th January 1941 and joined Hood on 29th April 1941. Basil was resident at Hove in Sussex at the time of his death.
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
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)
Basil's name is in Column 2 of Panel 60.
Detail of Basil'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)