Albert Thomas Willis

A Stoker 1st Class with H.M.S. Hood, Albert died on 24th of May 1941, aged 21.

Albert was born at Lowestoft on 31 October 1919, a son of Thomas and Laura A. Willis. In 1921 his family lived at 10 Sandringham Road and this was still their home in 1939. 

By May 1941 Albert was served on H.M.S. Hood. Early on 24 May the Hood engaged the German battleship Prince Eugen, which was sailing with the battleship Bismarck. Both the Prince Eugen and the Bismarck returned fire and the Hood exploded and sank with the loss of 1,418 crew.