The Honourable Horace Lambert Alexander Hood
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924
Memorial DetailDecorations CB MVO DSO Died 31/05/1916 Battle of Jutland Portsmouth Naval Memorial Wounded Killed in Action Next of kin address Ellen Nickerson (nee Touzalin) England Mother Edith Ward Father Francis Wheeler Hood 4Th Viscount Hood More info After the battle Beatty told the Second Sea Lord "You should have seen him bring his squadron into action, it would have done your heart good, no one could have died a more glorious death."