-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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Maurice Kerr Heseltine

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Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer Cook
Joined Hood: about 1935
Left Hood: about 1935











Biographical Information: Known to have been a Cook aboard Hood in the mid 1930s. He was also a member of the ship's successful whaler (rowing) team which won medals for first and second place (Mediterranean Fleet Regatta).

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)
Rowing medals owned by his son, John Heseltine.