Albert George Downard
Place of birth: Brighton, Sussex, England
Previous occupation: Painter
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Service Number: KX.75046
Joined Hood First time: 31st August 1933
Left Hood First time: 11th January 1934
Joined Hood Second time: 5th May 1935
Left Hood Second time: 28th August 1936
Biographical Information: Joined the service in 1929 and served in the following ships/establishments (some, multitple times): Victory 2, Resource, Vernon, Hood, and Hawkins (Dauntless). He was married in 1930 in Brighton. He was invalided out of the service in July 1937 due to TB. He dies shortly thereafter.
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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
Certificate of Service, courtesy of his grandson, Albert A. Downard, March 2013