-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the Sinking of Hood, 24th May 1941
Updated
21-Mar-2010
In Remembrance of
RONALD PACY
Rank: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Service Number: P/MX 60180
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: Ronald was born on 17 April 1920 in Grantham, Lincolnshire to parents Henry and Kate Pacy. The family lived in Bracebridge. His father was an inspector for the Corporate Transport Department and a World War One veteran.
Ronald was educated at Sincil Bank School Work. After school, he worked as an Apprentice Engineer at Messrs William Foster and Co. He was well known in Lincoln sporting circles and helped form the Sincil Band Old Boys Football Club.
Ronald enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1939. He was serving as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class and was 21 years old at the time of his loss. We have no additional information.
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Memorial Information
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 53, Column 2 (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
Steven Vernon (information, December 2002)
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ
