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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Crew List</title> <meta content="Crew List of all men who served aboard battle cruiser H.M.S. Hood between 1920 and 1941." name="Description" /> <meta content="Crew list, database, roster, list, compliment, complement, men, sailors, ratings, marines, officers, service" name="Keywords" /> <meta content="Paul Bevand, MBE and Frank Allen" name="Author" />   <script type="text/javascript" src="/cssjava/stmenu.js"></script>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VB75H7W8MQ"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-VB75H7W8MQ'); </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="/cssjava/subWrite.js" type="text/javascript"></script>    <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" href="/cssjava/hoodstyle.css" />  <link rel="icon" href="http://www.hmshood.org.uk/clearbird.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.hmshood.org.uk/clearbird.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> </head> <body>  <div id="wrapper">  <div id="header"> <div id="head2"> </div> </div>   <div id="navbar"><script type="text/javascript" src="/cssjava/hoodnavbar.js"></script></div>  <div id='intromem'><p><span class='h3white'>-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-</span><br /><span class='h1'>H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour<br />Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking</p><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/remember.gif' alt='We will remember them' width='262' height='32' /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/images/chainbar.gif' alt='Chainbar divider' /></div> <div id='memorial'><p align='center'><strong>In Remembrance of</strong><br /><span class='h2mem'>George Percy Murrell</span></p><div class='ampphotoL'><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/nophoto.jpg' alt='Photo of 'George Percy Murrell not held' width='200' height='250' hspace='5' /></div><span class='h3mem'>Date of birth: </span>13th September 1907<br /><span class='h3mem'>Place of birth: </span>Belper, Derbyshire, England<br /><span class='h3mem'>Parents: </span>Arthur and Kate Murrell<br /><span class='h3mem'>Wife: </span>Dorothy Murrell<br /><span class='h3mem'>Service: </span>Royal Navy<br /><span class='h3mem'>Rank: </span>Shipwright 4th Class<br /><span class='h3mem'>Service Number: </span>P/MX 51713<br /><span class='h3mem'>Joined Hood: </span>Unknown<br /><span class='h3mem'>Left Hood: </span>24th May 1941 (loss of ship)<br /><a class='menu3' href='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/database/databaseindividualprintnophoto.php?myrec=2045' target='_blank' >Click here to print memorial poster</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class='h3mem'>Biographical Information: </span><p>George was born on 13th September 1907 in Belper, Derbyshire to Arthur and Kate Murrell. He was the husband of Dorothy Murrell, of Staines, Middlesex. He was 33 years old at the time of his loss.</p><br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /><div align='center'></div><div align='center'><br /><span class='h3mem'>Additional Photographs</span><br />None at this time.<br /><br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /></table><hr width='50%' size='1' /></div><br clear='all' /><div align='center'><br /><br /><b><a href='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/database/MemorialsDetail.php?RecNo=33'>Hood Chapel, Church of St. John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England</a></b><br /><br /><b>Photos of the memorial</b><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/boldre/IMG_2910.JPG' /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /><br /><br /><b><a href='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/database/MemorialsDetail.php?RecNo=65'>Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea, Hampshire, England</a></b><br /><br /><b>Photos of the memorial</b><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/southsea/SouthseaHoodPanels.jpg' width='500' width='750' /><br /><br />The part of the memorial in which the Hood casualty names can be found.<br />(Panels 45 to 61)<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/southsea/56.jpg' width='500' width='850' /><br /><br />George's name is in Column 3 of Panel 56.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/southsea/IMG_2120.JPG' width='400' width='332' /><br /><br />Detail of George's name.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /></div><div align='center'><br /><span class='h3mem'>Sources</span><br /><a href='https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/' target='_blank'>Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a><br />'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)<br /><br /><br /></div></div>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/cssjava/footer.js"></script>  </div>  </body> </html>