The Roll of Honour

Category: Chatham Naval Memorial – Kent

Full Name:  John Henry Thomas HOGBEN Nationality:  British   Rank:  Stoker, First Class Service:  Royal Navy Unit:  HMS Imogen Age at Death:  20 Date of Death:  16 July 1940 Service Number:  C/KX 93531 Memorial:  Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK Reference:  38, 2 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2468693/HOGBEN,%20JOHN%20HENRY%20THOMAS John Hogben was born in 1920 in Dover, the eldest of eight children born to John and Alice Hogben (nee Willis).   On July 16th 1940 HMS “Imogen” was in collision with HM Cruiser “Glasgow” in thick fog…