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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

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

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

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
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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

Thank you for such quick feedback, it is most helpful & very interesting!

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."
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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."
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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
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Name: H K Hosegood
Year: 1945
Book Title: Navy List: October, 1945, Vol. I
Serving: Royalist
Rank: W. Eng
Seniority: 1 Apr 1943
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Name: H K Hosegood
Year: 1948
Book Title: Navy List: October, 1948, Vol. I - III
Serving: Triumph
Rank: L (E)
Seniority: 31 Dec 1944
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Name: H K Hosegood
Year: 1951
Book Title: Navy List: May, 1951
H K Hosegood,... L (E) 31 Dec 1944
Serving: Drake
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Name: H K Hosegood
Year: 1954
Book Title: Navy List: 1954
H K Hosegood..... Lieut Com (E).....18 Jan 1954
Serving: Ranpura
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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
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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
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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

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