-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 William Warren

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Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: JX142382
Joined Hood: October 1935
Left Hood: March 1938










Biographical Information: James joined Hood as a Boy seaman in October 1935. He was promoted to Boy 1st Class in September 1936 and to Ordinary Seaman on December 1936. He was promoted to Able Seaman in March 1938. Later that month he was reassigned to H.M.S. Victory barracks in Portsmouth.

During his time in Hood, James is known to have participated as a member of one of Hood's rowing teams. He won a trophy for his achievments during the 1937 Young Ratings Cutter race.

James was also injured whilst serving in Hood- in February 1937 a 5.5 inch sub-calibre gun (possibly a shell) fell onto his right foot.

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)
Service Certificate, courtesy of his son, Roger Warren