(Arthur) Sidney Hinder
Memorial: Old Sodbury - St John the Baptist Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Rank and number: Petty Officer Stoker
Parents: Percy and Alice Hinder
Marital status: Married
Home address: Parents: North Road Yate Sidney and Ena: The Swan public house Yate
Pre-war occupation: Labourer
Date of birth: 09/03/1896
Date of death: 10/12/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval memorial and inside Old Sodbury church and the Lychgate
Age: 45
Further information:
Arthur known as Sidney joined the Royal Navy in 1911 at the age of 15, giving his age as 3 years older than he was. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall with dark brown hair and brown eyes and served as a stoker on a number of different ships before the outbreak of war. He had one son born in 1931. His last ship was the HMS Prince of Wales, a battleship equipped with radar, 14-inch guns and torpedoes. Together with HMS Repulse and four destroyers it formed Force Z which set out from Singapore on the evening of 8th December to attack the Japanese rear. The Prince of Wales was sunk on the 10th December by torpedoes launched from Japanese aircraft and Sidney was one of 840 casualties from this exercise.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/end-battleship-hms-prince-wales-repulse-sunk-10th-december-1941.html