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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	James	Report	11 Dec 2014 21:04
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	Would anyone be able to tell me were I could find our any info of this gentleman please. I think his name was Hugh Kenneth b1914-d1979. Believed to start as an Engineer & retired from the Royal Navy in 1959 as a Lt Cdr, lived at one time in Greenbank, Kingsteignton, S.Devon Many thanks, Jim
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:00
	Welcome to the boards James. This looks like his baptism:- First name(s) Hugh Kenneth Last name Hosegood Birth year 1914 Baptism year 1914 County Devon Country England Baptism place Dolton Mother's first name(s) Louisa Mary Mother's last name - Father's first name(s) Hugh Henry Birth date 17 Jan 1914 Baptism date 04 Apr 1914 Archive reference 834A/PR/1/5 Record set Devon Baptisms and the reference for his birth certificate:- First name(s) HUGH K Last name HOSEGOOD Birth year 1914 Birth quarter 1 Registration month - Mother's last name PEDRICK District TORRINGTON County Devon Country England Volume 5B Page 746 If you are looking for his service records they will still be with the MOD. Have a look here:- https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records Kath. x
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:31
	Probate calendar entry for the 1979 death HOSEGOOD Hugh Kenneth of 82 Wyke Rd Weymouth died 28 May 1979. Probate Winchester 10 July. £31242 Document no 793310381P https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills If relevant, his marriage? Marriages Jun 1938 (>99%) Gray Eugenie J Hosegood Exeter 5b 222 Hosegood Hugh K Gray Exeter 5b 222 http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	11 Dec 2014 22:42
	Name: Eugenie Joan Hosegood Birth Date: 6 Aug 1916 Date of Registration: Aug 1984 Age at Death: 68 Registration district: Weymouth Inferred County: Dorset Volume: 23 Page: 908 .................... Eugenie’s probate calendar entry HOSEGOOD Eugenie Joan of 7a Enkworth Rd Preston Weymouth died 20 August 1984. Probate Winchester 31 October £57802. document no 8452419227D
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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	James	Report	12 Dec 2014 07:31
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	Thank you for such quick feedback, it is most helpful & very interesting!
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	Gritty	Report	13 Dec 2014 11:02
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 28 September 1945 "Three and a half years a prisoner of the Japs after the fall of Singapore, marine C. A Gray a survivor from the Prince of Wales had the surprise of his life when the great naval base was freed. For who should come up and greet him in the Shanghai camp but his brother-in-law Warrant Engineer H. K. Hosegood, serving in the HMS Royalist and there for the surrender of the Japs to Lord Louis Mountbatten. Marine Gray's mother, who lives at 7 South Lawn Terrace, Heavitree, has had a letter from him saying he is safe and well. Gray is an old boy of Ladysmith road school." ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chelmsford Chronicle 31 January 1947 "THE MARRIAGE took place on Saturday at the Baptist church, of Mr Henry James (Jack) Hosegood, younger son of Mr and Mrs H. H. Hosegood, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, to Miss Janet Cundy Cole, youngest daughter of Mrs, and the late Mr J A Cole, Station Road, Burnham.....Licut H. K. Hosegood, R.N., brother of the bridegroom was best man." ------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	Gritty	Report	13 Dec 2014 11:46
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	The following from Ancestry should give an idea of his progression and of ships served on: Name: H K Hosegood Year: 1944 Book Title: List of Ships and Vessels of the Royal Navy with their Officers: February, 1944, Vol. III H K Hosegood Rank: Wt Engineer (act) Serving:ARGUS. (Po.) Seniority: 6 May 1943 ------------------------------------ Name: H K Hosegood Year: 1945 Book Title: Navy List: October, 1945, Vol. I Serving: Royalist Rank: W. Eng Seniority: 1 Apr 1943 -------------------------------------- Name: H K Hosegood Year: 1948 Book Title: Navy List: October, 1948, Vol. I - III Serving: Triumph Rank: L (E) Seniority: 31 Dec 1944 ---------------------------------------- Name: H K Hosegood Year: 1951 Book Title: Navy List: May, 1951 H K Hosegood,... L (E) 31 Dec 1944 Serving: Drake ----------------------------------------- Name: H K Hosegood Year: 1954 Book Title: Navy List: 1954 H K Hosegood..... Lieut Com (E).....18 Jan 1954 Serving: Ranpura ----------------------------------------- Name: H K Hosegood Year: 1956 Book Title: Navy List: April, 1956 H K Hosegood Rank: L CR (E) Seniority: 31 Dec 1952 Serving: Ranpura --------------------------------------------- Name: H K Hosegood Year: 1958 Book Title: Navy List: 1958 Hosegood, H K Rank: L Cr Specialisation: E Seniority: 31 Dec 1952 Serving: E in CD ---------------------------------------- Useful links: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation The London Gazette 21st April 1959 Lt- Cdrs retire on dates stated: H. K Hosegood 17th Jan 1959
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	James	Report	13 Dec 2014 13:23
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	Wow - thank you so much! What a wealth of info & now I'll have to search for the ships he served on. Merry Xmas to all! Jim :-D

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