-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Crew List

It is estimated that as many as 18,000 men served aboard the 'Mighty Hood' during the operational portion of her 21 year career. Unfortunately, there is no surviving official single listing of ALL men who served in her. Here you will find our attempt at creating such a listing. We are using the few, fragmentary crew lists known to exist, Navy Lists, various official reports, public records, and most importantly of all, inputs from the families of former crew.

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Francis Henry Fryer

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Date of birth: 27th July 1919
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/JX 157228
Joined Hood: 1940
Left Hood: 1941









Biographical Information: Francis served in Hood from May 1940 until February 1941. He joined her an an Ordinary Seaman and left her as an Able Seaman. He was later commissioned as an officer in the RNVR.


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Francis Fryer at the age of 100.



Memorials
No known memorials


Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
ADM 101/565
Information from Francis himself
Neil Fryer, son, photos and information July 2019.