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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 Frederick Keal</span></p><div class='ampphotoL'><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/k/KealGF.jpg' alt='Photo of 'George Frederick Kealwidth='200' height='250' hspace='5' /></div><span class='h3mem'>Date of birth: </span>20th March 1912<br /><span class='h3mem'>Place of birth: </span>Wimbledon, Surrey, England<br /><span class='h3mem'>Parents: </span>Ernest and Hope Keal<br /><span class='h3mem'>Service: </span>Royal Navy<br /><span class='h3mem'>Rank: </span>Leading Stoker<br /><span class='h3mem'>Service Number: </span>P/KX 92985<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/databaseindividualprint.php?myrec=1568' target='_blank' >Click here to print memorial poster</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class='h3mem'>Biographical Information: </span><p>George was born on 20th March 1912 in Wimbledon, Surrey to Ernest and Hope Keal, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was 29 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_2917.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/54.jpg' width='500' width='842' /><br /><br />George's name is in Column 2 of Panel 54.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/southsea/IMG_2087.JPG' width='400' width='549' /><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 />George's great niece, Jane Ellis (photo, March 2004)<br /><br /><br /></div></div>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/cssjava/footer.js"></script>  </div>  </body> </html>