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Ord.Tel. Joseph John Ward
Royal Navy HMS Hood
from:Seaton Delval, Northumberland
(d.21st May 1941)
My uncle, Joseph Ward was born in 1922. A coal miner by occupation he was only 17 when he enlisted into the Royal Navy on 13th of November 1939 and was assigned to HMS Victory 1, a stone frigate.
After his training he was drafted on to HMS Hood in September 1940 as and Ordinary Telegraphist.
He died when HMS Hood was blown up by the Bismark at the Battle of Denmark Strait.