Kenneth Ramsey Rawson Duckworth
He atttended Doncaster Grammar School before becoming an errand boy and pre-war Royal Navy sailor.
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He was the first of three children born to John William and Alice May Duckworth. During his early childhood, his family lived in Newark, but they then moved to Doncaster. It was in Doncaster that his sister Norah was born in 1926. His brother Keith was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1941.
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Joining the Royal Navy on 05 January 1937. He was trained at H.M.S. Ganges until
10/6/1938. At that time, he joined H.M.S. Iron Duke. He remained at Iron Duke until 1/10/1938 when he was drafted to the battle cruiser Hood. Upon joining Hood, Ken was a Boy 1st Class. He was subsequently promoted to Ordinary Seaman on 1/1/1939. He was promoted to Able Seaman the following January.
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