-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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Sydney Hingston

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Date of birth: 26th September 1885
Place of birth: Bigbury, Devon, England
Wife: Keturah
Previous occupation: Farm labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Chief Stoker
Service Number: 306670
Joined Hood: 1st April 1920
Left Hood: 15th June 1920 (died)






Biographical Information: Sydney Hingston was born in Bigbury in the South Hams district of South Devon, which was then a fishing village. He entered the Royal Navy, as a Stoker Second Class, on 9th June 1904, at the age of 18, having already had civilian employment as a farm labourer. As a native of Devon, Sydney was a Devonport rating.

Sydney was successful in his naval career, and by the time he joined HMS Hood, then a brand-new ship, on 1st April 1920, he had already been a Chief Stoker for over five years.

Sadly, Sydney's time in Hood - and on earth - was short: he passed away in Hood during her visit to Denmark on 15th June that same year, and is buried in Aabenraa Cemetery in South-East Jutland, less than 20 miles north of Denmark's border with Germany. He left a widow, Keturah, who lived in Kingsbridge, South Devon.


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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)