-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.
Thomas Smiles
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Service Number: Unknown
Joined Hood: 1937
Left Hood: 1938
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
SourcesCommonwealth War Graves Commission'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
His grandson, David Smiles, e-mail 1 Sep 2003