-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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Thomas Parnell

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Date of birth: 13th September 1890
Place of birth: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Previous occupation: Hosiery Hand
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 237526
Joined Hood: 20th April 1923 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 7th May 1925 (Chief Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
3rd October 190628th May 1907GangesBoy 2nd ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 19075th June 1907GangesBoy 1st ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th June 19079th September 1907AchillesBoy 1st ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th September 190722nd December 1907HogueBoy 1st ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd December 190710th January 1908Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th January 190823rd May 1908DorisBoy 1st ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th May 190829th May 1908HannibalBoy 1st ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th May 190812th September 1908OceanBoy 1st ClassADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th September 19086th December 1909OceanOrdinary SeamanADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th December 190927th January 1910OceanAble SeamanADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th January 191020th August 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st August 19101st January 1912Vivid IIAble SeamanADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 191211th February 1914OrionAble SeamanADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th February 191424th January 1917OrionLeading SeamanADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th January 191730th January 1918OrionPetty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st January 191817th October 1918Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th October 191810th November 1918Victorious II (Daphne)Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th November 19186th April 1919Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th April 191930th September 1920SandhurstPetty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192025th October 1920Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th October 192030th June 1922Woolwich (Tormentor)Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 192230th September 1922Woolwich (Stormcloud)Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192231st December 1922Woolwich (Searcher)Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 192310th April 1923Woolwich (Sardonyx)Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th April 192319th April 1923Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th April 192319th March 1925HoodPetty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th March 19257th May 1925HoodChief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th May 192513th October 1925Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th October 192530th November 1925Vivid II (Tedworth)Chief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 192530th December 1925Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st December 192515th January 1926Pembroke IChief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th January 192622nd August 1926EmeraldChief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd August 192612th January 1927Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th January 192717th January 1927Vivid II (Voyager)Chief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th January 192731st March 1929Egmont II (Voyager)Chief Petty OfficerADM188/422
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th June 192911th September 1930Vivid I-IChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
12th September 193028th September 1938PensionedChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
29th September 19381st October 1938Drake I (Mobilised)Chief Petty OfficerADM363/275
2nd October 193817th September 1939DemobilisedChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
1st April 193910th June 1929Vivid II- IVChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
18th September 19396th November 1939Drake IChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
7th November 193919th November 1939St. GeorgeChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
20th November 193912th April 1940Drake IChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
13th April 194011th December 1944AmbroseChief Petty OfficerADM363/275
12th December 1944InvalidedChief Petty OfficerADM363/275


Additional Photographs
None at this time.




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)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
ADM188/422 via WW1 Lives at Sea