In Remembrance of
GEOFFREY JAMES WILLIAM MOULD
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/J 156616
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: Geoffrey was born on 31 August 1922 to Percy and Ethel Mould, of Winchester, Hampshire. 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 48, 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...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)
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ