-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 22-Mar-2010

We will remember them
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In Remembrance of
Benjamin Seivill Sterne

Photo of Able Seaman Benjiman Seivill Sterne, courtesy of Martin Sugarman, AJEX, 2002
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/JX 158144
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: Ben was born on 14 June 1922 to Rudolph and Mabel Sterne, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. 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 49, Column 3 (click to view panel)
Also memorialised at
Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire
Hebrew remembrance
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Addendum to "We Will Remember Them - British Jewish Personnel killed in WW2" by Henry Morris, published 1994 by Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women of UK (AJEX).
Mr Martin Sugarman, AJEX (photo and information, May 2002)
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ