-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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George William Richardson

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Date of birth: 26th December 1886
Place of birth: Radford, Nottinghamshire, England
Previous occupation: Office Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: 221851
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Leading Seaman)
Left Hood: 30th August 1925 (Leading Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
26th August 190213th May 1903Black PrinceBoy 2nd ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th May 190310th October 1903Black PrinceBoy 1st ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th October 190331st December 1903MinotaurBoy 1st ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19049th February 1904Boscawen IIBoy 1st ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th February 190417th April 1904Boscawen IIIBoy 1st ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th April 190422nd August 1904Royal OakBoy 1st ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd August 19048th September 1904VividBoy 1st ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th September 190425th December 1904ImplacableBoy 1st ClassADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th December 19049th July 1906ImplacableOrdinary SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th July 190630th September 1906Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190619th October 1906AeolusAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th October 190624th May 1907Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th May 190715th October 1907MutineAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 190713th January 1908Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th January 19088th March 1909DonegalAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th March 19093rd April 1911AboukirAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th April 191110th November 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th November 19119th May 1912AndromedaAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 191229th June 1912EuryalusAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th June 19129th August 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th August 191230th August 1912TemeraireAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 191228th December 1913TemeraireLeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th December 19136th November 1916TemeraireAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th November 19165th September 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th September 191728th February 1918MelbourneAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 191831st January 1919MelbourneAble SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191919th February 1919MelbourneLeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th February 191920th November 1919Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st November 191930th September 1921MutineLeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192118th November 1921Vivid IILeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th November 19212nd August 1922Glorious (Dartmouth)Leading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd August 192227th October 1922DartmouthLeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th October 192219th April 1923Glorious (Dartmouth)Leading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th April 192314th May 1923Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192330th August 1925HoodLeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 192523rd September 1925Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th September 192510th September 1926ImpregnableLeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th September 192625th December 1926Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/390
via WW1 Lives at Sea

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
ADM188/390 via WW1 Lives at Sea