-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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John Edwin Home McBeath

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Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: J101643
Joined Hood: 1923
Left Hood: 1924










Biographical Information: Born 27 April 1905 in Transvaal, South Africa. Joined the Navy as a rating in 1923. Served aboard Hood during the Empire Cruise of 1923-1924. Later became an officer (1929). Reached rank of Rear Admiral. Died March 1982.

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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)
ADM 196/154
ADM188/850
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor