-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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Reginald Thomas Rowse

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Date of birth: 19th January 1888
Place of birth: Torpoint, Cornwall, England
Previous occupation: Errand Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: 226940
Joined Hood: 2nd June 1923 (Leading Seaman)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Leading Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
21st July 190324th February 1904ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 190430th November 1904ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 190427th February 1905Boscawen IIIBoy 1st ClassADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th February 190523rd October 1905DefianceBoy 1st ClassADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th October 190518th June 1906DevonshireBoy 1st ClassADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th June 190626th April 1907DevonshireOrdinary SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th April 19074th November 1907DevonshireAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th November 190724th June 1908Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th June 190827th September 1908CrescentAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th September 190828th February 1909KinshaAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 190915th March 1909HawkeAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th March 190912th March 1910MonmouthAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th March 191023rd April 1910AndromedaAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th April 191010th June 1910VividAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th June 191023rd May 1911RamilliesAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th May 191130th April 1912BlakeAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 191230th November 1912HeclaAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 191219th April 1914BlakeAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th April 191429th July 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th July 191410th April 1915CaesarAble SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th April 191514th April 1915CaesarLeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 19159th May 1915Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 19155th November 1915St George (Albatross)Leading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th November 19156th December 1915Wallington (Albatross)Leading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th December 191520th January 1916Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st January 191612th July 1918Diligence (Napier)Leading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th July 191831st January 1919Woolwich (Napier)Leading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191915th March 1919Vulcan (Napier)Leading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th March 191920th November 1919Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st November 191930th September 1921MutineLeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 19211st June 1923Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd June 19236th January 1926HoodLeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 19262nd February 1926Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 192625th January 1927DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/400
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th January 192718th January 1928Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/400
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
ADM188/400 via WW1 Lives at Sea