-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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James Peter Tippett

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Date of birth: 9th July 1899.
Place of birth: St Lukes, Islington, London, Middlesex, England
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Service Number: SS122144
Joined Hood: 23rd May 1921 (Stoker 1st Class)
Left Hood: 24th April 1922 (Stoker 1st Class)








Biographical Information: James Peter Tippett was born in St Luke's, Islington, London in 1899 and entered the Royal Navy, 'For Hostilities Only' on 12th July 1917, three days after his 18th birthday. In 12 June 1919, at the end of World War I, he transferred to a longer engagement. He joined HMS Hood, then a nearly-new ship, on 23rd May 1921, and served on board for just under a year. In the event, he was not required to serve for many years, being discharged to civilian life on 12th July 1922 after exactly five years' service.

James married and he and his wife had one son and three daughters. His family recall that he did not speak often of his naval time.

James Tippett passed away in Hackney, London, in 1971, at the age of 71.


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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)
Carl Tippett, grandson, information and photo May 2021.