-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking

In Remembrance of
David Emrys Ewart-James

Emrys, as he was known, was born on 14th September 1913 in Southend-on-Sea, Sussex. He was one eight children born to Reverand David Ewart-James, M.A. and and Eliza Ewart-James, B.A.. Of the eight children, there were four brothers, of which he was the second, and four sisters. His father was minister at the Clifftown Congregational Church in Westcliff near Southend, Essex.

Emrys attended Bishop's Stortford School, Essex, between 1923 and 1930. He trained as a chiropodist at the London Foot Hospital and practiced in Southend. He joined the navy at the start of the war and gave as his reason (his three brothers having joined the army): "You don't get no sh*t in the navy!"

Emrys was married to Mary (nee Reeve), a doctor's daughter of Thorpe Bay, Essex. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in May 1940, almost exactly a year before the loss of Hood. In fact, her mother was holding a first birthday party for Elizabeth when the news came through. One of Emrys's brothers, Lt Alan Ewart-James of the 1st Royal Welch Fusiliers, died a year before (May 1940) at St Venant in northern France during the retreat to Dunkirk. Emrys was 27 years old at the time of his loss.

Hood Chapel, Church of St. John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England

Photos of the memorial

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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)





David's name is in Column 2 of Panel 50.





Detail of David's name.

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