-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 Taylor

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Date of birth: 1st September 1897
Place of birth: Paddington, London, England
Previous occupation: Errand Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J27008
Joined Hood: 1st April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 4th May 1920 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
1st September 191313th May 1914ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th May 191414th May 1914ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 191427th November 1914GibraltarBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th November 19145th December 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th December 191430th April 1915HilaryBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 191523rd September 1915HilaryOrdinary SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th September 191522nd November 1915Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd November 191530th November 1916LionOrdinary SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 191627th July 1917LionAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th July 191717th September 1917DefianceAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th September 191731st December 1917LionAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th January 191831st March 1920LionAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19204th May 1920HoodAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th May 192014th September 1922CurlewAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th September 19221st December 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd December 19228th May 1923ImpregnableAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th May 192312th October 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th October 192326th June 1924CleopatraAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th June 192427th August 1924Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 192417th May 1926Queen ElizabethAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 192625th May 1927ValiantAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th May 192731st August 1927Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
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)
ADM188/701 via WW1 Lives at Sea