-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking
In Remembrance of
Antony Adrian Waterlow
Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Parents: Ernest Oscar and Eva Waterlow
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Ordinary Signalman
Service Number: P/JX 206860
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship)
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Biographical Information: Antony was a member of prominent family, being the grandson of Sir Ernest Waterlow, a Royal Academician, and the son of Oscar Waterlow, an engineer who spent some of his working life in Japan, where Antony was born. Antony was the brother of Lieutenant Oscar Stephen Verity Waterlow DSC (q.v.) who served in Hood in 1938 and 1939, and who lost his life in the sinking of HM Submarine Talisman on 16 September 1942.
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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)
Antony's name is in Column 2 of Panel 52.
Detail of Antony'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)
John Lucas, whose father, Leslie de F.C. Lucas, was a friend of Antony (photograph and information, May 2019 and June 2020)