-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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John Scott Young

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Date of birth: 13th June 1898
Place of birth: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Previous occupation: Miner's Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J29156
Joined Hood: 1st April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 7th January 1921 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
28th January 19141st October 1914GangesBoy 2nd ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd October 191429th October 1914GangesBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th October 191429th November 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th November 191412th March 1916LondonBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th March 191615th August 1916LondonOrdinary SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th August 191626th October 1916LondonAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th October 191616th December 1916VividAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th December 191625th March 1917DefianceAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th March 191731st July 1917AriadneAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 191714th August 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th August 191730th September 1917DefianceAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 19173rd November 1918DianaAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th November 191827th April 1919DefianceAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th April 191930th June 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191916th August 1919Vivid III (Weybourne)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th August 191929th February 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 192031st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19207th January 1921HoodAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th January 19213rd March 1921DolphinAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th March 192131st March 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19215th January 1922CarysfortLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th January 192231st May 1924ColumbineLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 192429th July 1924GreenwichLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th July 192421st January 1925ColumbineLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd January 192520th February 1925Columbine (Spear)Leading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st February 192510th March 1925Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th March 192525th April 1925DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th April 192523rd November 1925DefianceActing Petty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th November 192514th January 1926Vivid IActing Petty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th January 192625th April 1926EmeraldActing Petty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th April 192630th August 1928EmeraldPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 192831st August 1928Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 192822nd November 1929DefiancePetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd November 192931st December 1929Vivid 1-1Petty OfficerADM363/98
1st January 19303rd March 1930Dolphin (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
4th March 193031st March 1930Dolphin (L22)Petty OfficerADM363/98
1st April 193014th April 1930Dolphin (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
15th April 19307th June 1931Lucia (L52)Petty OfficerADM363/98
8th June 193130th June 1931Dolphin (L52)Petty OfficerADM363/98
1st July 19319th July 1931Dolphin (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
10th July 193125th April 1932Cyclops (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
26th April 193224th May 1932Dolphin (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
25th May 193230th October 1932Dolphin (L53)Petty OfficerADM363/98
31st October 193210th February 1933Titania (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
11th February 19331st June 1933Titania(H33)Petty OfficerADM363/98
2nd June 19334th September 1933DefiancePetty OfficerADM363/98
5th September 193321st February 1934Dolphin (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
22nd February 193418th October 1935Medway (Pandora)Petty OfficerADM363/98
19th October 193511th November 1935Medway (SC)Petty OfficerADM363/98
12th November 193531st December 1935Medway (SC)Chief Petty OfficerADM363/98
1st January 193631st December 1936Medway (Regulus)Chief Petty OfficerADM363/98
1st January 193714th April 1937Medway (SC)Chief Petty OfficerADM363/98
15th April 19375th August 1937DolphinChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
6th August 193711th March 1938DefianceChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
12th March 193827th September 1938Discharged: Shore PensionedChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
28th September 19381st October 1938Drake IChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
2nd October 193811th December 1940DemobilisedChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
12th December 19409th January 1941Drake IChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
10th January 194128th January 1941Spartiate (Bude)Chief Petty OfficerADM363/98
29th January 194115th May 1941Boscawen (Bude)Chief Petty OfficerADM363/98
16th May 19413rd June 1941Drake IChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
4th June 194125th October 1945AudacityChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
26th October 1945Invalided PUNS

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)
ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea