-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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Cecil White

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Date of birth: 16th June 1891
Place of birth: Bridestowe, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Farm Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 238828
Joined Hood: 1st April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 4th November 1920 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
28th May 19075th March 1908ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th March 190825th May 1908ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th May 190810th September 1908SutlejBoy 1st ClassADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th September 19082nd October 1908VividBoy 1st ClassADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 190816th November 1908HannibalBoy 1st ClassADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th November 190815th June 1909DianaBoy 1st ClassADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th June 190924th August 1910DianaOrdinary SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th August 19103rd February 1911DianaAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 191125th June 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd July 191112th August 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th August 19129th March 1914CornwallisAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th March 19149th June 1915Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 19157th December 1915CleopatraAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th January 191614th March 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th March 19167th February 1917GloucesterAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th February 191720th March 1917EgmontAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st March 191728th May 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 191710th January 1918Diligence ([...])Able SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th January 191819th March 1918Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th March 191830th June 1918Wallington (Sandfly)Able SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191830th September 1918Leander (Sandfly)Able SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191828th November 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th November 191931st December 1919LondonAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 192029th February 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 192031st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Able SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19204th November 1920HoodAble SeamanADM188/424
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th November 192014th July 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/424
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)
ADM188/424 via WW1 Lives at Sea