-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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William Turner

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Date of birth: 3rd October 1888
Place of birth: Tiverton, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Mason's Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 233831
Joined Hood: 10th June 1922 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
31st August 1927Egmont (Viceroy)Petty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th May 190513th December 1905ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th December 19058th June 1906ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th June 190630th June 1906[...]Boy 1st ClassADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19062nd October 1906ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 19065th October 1906ImpregnableOrdinary SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th October 19067th November 1906Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th November 190631st March 1907CommonwealthOrdinary SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 190727th May 1907MarsOrdinary SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th May 19075th December 1907CommonwealthOrdinary SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th December 190724th May 1909CommonwealthAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th May 190910th September 1909Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th September 190918th September 1909HannibalAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th September 190931st January 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191012th March 1910AndromedaAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th March 191012th April 1912MonmouthAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th April 191221st May 1912EuropaAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd May 19129th August 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th August 191215th January 1914DorisAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th January 191415th May 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th May 191417th August 1915Blake (Sheldrake)Able SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 191517th August 1917Blake (Mandate)Able SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 191730th September 1917Vulcan (Mandate)Able SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191720th December 1918Hecla (Mandate)Able SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st December 19184th February 1919Vivid II (Mandate)Able SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th February 191930th June 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19198th August 1919BritonAble SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th August 191918th August 1920BritonLeading SeamanADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th August 19204th November 1920BritonPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th November 19203rd January 1921Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th January 192125th May 1922LuciaPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th May 19229th June 1922Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 19226th January 1926HoodPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192618th May 1927Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th May 1927Egmont II (Wakeful)Petty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 192716th December 1927Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th December 192730th April 1928Emperor of IndiaPetty OfficerADM188/414
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 19282nd October 1928Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/414
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
ADM188/414 via WW1 Lives at Sea