In Remembrance of
ALAN EARLE HADLEY
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: P/JX 159532
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: Alan was the son of Dorothea Hadley, of Guildford, Surrey. He was 18 years old at the time of his loss. We have no additional information.
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Memorial Information
Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Panel 50, Column 3 (click to view panel)
Also memorialised at
Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire
Additional Photographs
Above: The "Winchester 5." Back Row (left - right)- Albert "Bunny" Austin and Harold Pink; Front Row (left - right): Geoff Mould, Alan Hadley and Den Finden. Of the five, only Den Finden survived the war...he was transferred off the ship before her fateful mission against Bismarck. It was Den who provided this very photograph to us.
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Den Finden (photo, 2001)
