-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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Robert Walker

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Date of birth: 6th July 1889
Place of birth: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Previous occupation: Trace Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 235747
Joined Hood: 28th August 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
4th January 190626th May 1906EmeraldBoy 2nd ClassADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th May 19065th October 1906ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th October 19069th January 1907ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th January 19078th May 1907HogueBoy 1st ClassADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th May 190724th May 1907Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th May 19075th July 1907AndromedaBoy 1st ClassADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th July 190717th August 1907AndromedaOrdinary SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 19072nd September 1907Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd September 190710th October 1907EuropaOrdinary SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th October 19072nd March 1909CambrianOrdinary SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 19096th September 1909CambrianAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th September 190911th October 1909TerribleAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th October 190926th November 1909Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th November 190914th September 1911PresidentAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th September 19119th October 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th October 191115th February 1912MedinaAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th February 191228th June 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th June 19122nd February 1914ActiveAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 19141st May 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd May 191430th May 1915BlakeAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st May 19155th August 1915Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th August 191522nd November 1915Hecla (Faulknor)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th December 191519th April 1916Hecla (Faulknor)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th April 191631st December 1916Diligence (Faulknor)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191731st May 1917Attentive II (Faulknor)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 191726th October 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th October 191718th February 1918Hecla (Portia)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th March 19185th June 1918Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th June 191817th October 1918Attentive II (Senator)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th October 191826th March 1919Blenheim (Senator)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th March 191920th May 1919Vivid II (Senator)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st May 191918th August 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th September 19203rd February 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 19217th April 1921Colleen (Heather)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th April 192117th May 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 192130th June 1921Colossus (Collingwood)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 192120th July 1921Glorious (Collingwood)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st July 19212nd August 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd August 192126th August 1925Columbine (Valkyrie)Able SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th August 192515th January 1928Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th January 19289th May 1928CornwallAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 192827th August 1928Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 192816th May 1929HoodAble SeamanADM188/418
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th May 192925th April 1930TigerAble SeamanADM363/274
26th April 193011th September 1930Vivid I-IIIAble SeamanADM363/274
12th September 1930Shore PensionedAble SeamanADM363/274

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)
ADM188/418 via WW1 Lives at Sea