H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Roll of Honour, Memorial to Stoker 2nd Class Lewis Alfred Cotton

In Remembrance of
LEWIS ALFRED COTTON

Photo of Stoker 2nd CLass Lewis Alfred Cotton, courtesy of his brother, Robert Cotton, April 2005

Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 2nd Class
Service Number: P/KX 105643
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: "Alf", as he was known to his family and friends, was born on 14 April 1918. He was the fifth of seven children (4 boys, 3 girls) born to Lewis and Sarah Cotton, of West Gorton. Manchester. He attended St. Mark's school West Gorton. He was an excellent swimmer. Upon leaving school, he was apprenticed as a pattern card maker.

Alf entered the Royal Navy and was trained at H.M.S. Victory. He was stationed first in Portsmouth and later aboard H.M.S. Boreas. He was transferred to the Hood after Boreas was damaged in the English Channel. He was 23 years old at the time of his loss. We have no additional information.

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Memorial Information
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 56, Column 1 (click to view panel)
Also memorialised at
Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire

Additional Photographs
None at this time.

Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
His brother, Robert Cotton (photo & information, April 2005)
‘Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings’ (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)