-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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Bertie John White

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Date of birth: 17th June 1889
Place of birth: Seaton, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Grocer's Porter
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 232529
Joined Hood: 18th April 1928 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 16th May 1929 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
16th October 19042nd November 1904ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd November 190431st December 1904LionBoy 2nd ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 190517th May 1905ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 190526th January 1906ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th January 19066th February 1906St GeorgeBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th February 19061st May 1906VividBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd May 190611th May 1906St GeorgeBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 190631st May 1906Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 190621st June 1906EuropaBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd June 19062nd July 1906Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd July 190616th June 1907EspiegleBoy 1st ClassADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th June 190727th September 1907EspiegleOrdinary SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th September 190711th November 1907AmphitriteOrdinary SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th November 190730th January 1908KentOrdinary SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st January 190814th December 1909KentAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 190925th January 1910NiobeAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th January 19102nd December 1910VividAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd December 191020th June 1913LeanderAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st June 191329th June 1913Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th June 191322nd April 1919BellerophonAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd April 191925th May 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th May 192018th June 1920ThundererAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th June 192021st February 1922CentaurAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd February 19222nd March 1922YarmouthAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 19225th February 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th February 192323rd August 1923Columbine (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th August 19237th October 1923Vivid II (Vansittart)Able SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th October 19239th November 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th November 192323rd November 1925Columbine (Venturous)Able SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th November 192510th December 1925Columbine (Senator)Able SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th December 192512th January 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th January 19267th January 1927Columbine (Seraph)Able SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th January 192717th April 1928Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th April 192816th May 1929HoodAble SeamanADM188/412
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th May 192915th June 1929Vivid I - IIIAble SeamanADM363/273

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)
ADM188/412 via WW1 Lives at Sea