-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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William Temple Webster

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Date of birth: 3rd October 1896
Place of birth: Mansfield, Derbyshire, England
Previous occupation: Pony Driver Coal Mining
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J27843
Joined Hood: 7th January 1926 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 1st September 1926 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
23rd October 19136th February 1914Vivid IBoy 2nd ClassADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th February 191420th February 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st February 19142nd October 1914ImplacableBoy 1st ClassADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 19145th January 1916ImplacableOrdinary SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th January 191618th April 1916ImplacableAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th April 191611th July 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th July 19164th December 1918TigerAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th December 191822nd January 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd January 191910th March 1919CordeliaAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th March 191914th August 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th August 191910th January 1920ImpregnableAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th January 192013th August 1924RevengeAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th August 19246th January 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 19261st September 1926HoodAble SeamanADM188/702
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd September 19262nd October 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
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)
ADM188/702 via WW1 Lives at Sea