Leslie Arthur (Known as 'Samuel') English
Rank: Unknown
Service Number: P/SSX 17928
Joined Hood: Wartime
Left Hood: Wartime (before loss of ship)
Biographical Information: Leslie was based in H.M.S. Vernon in Portsmouth in 1940. His period of service in Hood may have been after this.
Sharryn's sister claimed that he was jailed for hitting an officer a few weeks before the sinking.
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
Bian English, Leslie's son, e-mail October 2006
Sharryn Degroot, e-mail 11 Nov 2002