Richard George Sampson
Place of birth: Bighamstown, County Mayo, Ireland
Previous occupation: School Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J28171
Joined Hood: 1st April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 11th May 1922 (Able Seaman)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
18th October 1913 | 22nd October 1913 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd October 1913 | 9th June 1914 | Powerful | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th June 1914 | 24th June 1914 | Powerful | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
25th June 1914 | 1st December 1914 | Edgar | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd December 1914 | 4th December 1914 | Edgar | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th December 1914 | 15th December 1914 | Victory I | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
16th December 1914 | 26th August 1915 | Patuca | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th August 1915 | 10th November 1915 | Vivid I | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th November 1915 | 16th November 1915 | Blake (Maenad) | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th November 1915 | 22nd December 1915 | Vivid II (Larne) | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd December 1915 | 18th February 1916 | Vivid II (Larne) | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
19th February 1916 | 26th May 1916 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th May 1916 | 6th February 1919 | Vivid II (Roebuck) | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th February 1919 | 29th February 1920 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st March 1920 | 31st March 1920 | Crescent (Hood) | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st April 1920 | 11th May 1922 | Hood | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th May 1922 | 22nd May 1922 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd May 1922 | 31st July 1923 | Columbine (Valhalla) | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st August 1923 | 26th September 1923 | Columbine (Valhalla) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th September 1923 | 28th October 1923 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
29th October 1923 | 22nd January 1926 | Clematis | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd January 1926 | 1st October 1926 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd October 1926 | 7th January 1927 | Columbine (Seraph) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
8th January 1927 | 27th January 1927 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th January 1927 | 7th March 1927 | Columbine (Vectis) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
8th March 1927 | 31st March 1927 | Columbine (Venturous) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st April 1927 | 10th November 1927 | Columbine (Vectis) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th November 1927 | 13th March 1928 | Columbine (Tormentor) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
14th March 1928 | 23rd April 1928 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th April 1928 | 17th November 1929 | Victory XI (Dunoon) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th November 1929 | 31st December 1929 | Victory XI (Dunoon) | Acting Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
1st January 1930 | 20th June 1930 | Vivid I-I | Acting Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
21st June 1930 | 17th November 1930 | Egmont II-II (Wren) | Acting Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
18th November 1930 | 12th January 1931 | Egmont II-II (Wren) | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
13th January 1931 | 30th November 1931 | Egmont (Reserve Destroyers) | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
1st December 1931 | 8th March 1932 | Egmont II (Reserve Destroyers) | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
9th March 1932 | 5th December 1932 | Colombo | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
6th December 1932 | 16th January 1933 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
17th January 1933 | 12th June 1933 | Osprey | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
13th June 1933 | 10th October 1933 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
11th October 1933 | 26th March 1936 | Herald | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
27th March 1936 | 19th June 1936 | Drake I | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
20th June 1936 | 25th July 1936 | Greenwich | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
26th July 1936 | 4th November 1937 | Greenwich | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
5th November 1937 | 26th April 1938 | Pensioned | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
27th April 1938 | 27th April 1938 | Greenwich (RTSP) | Able Seaman | ADM363/97 |
28th April 1938 | 31st May 1938 | Greenwich (RTSP) | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
1st June 1938 | 28th September 1938 | Cochrane (RTSP) | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
29th September 1938 | 27th October 1938 | Cochrane (RTSP) | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
28th October 1938 | 30th July 1939 | Cochrane (RTSP) | Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
31st July 1939 | 26th October 1939 | Victory IV (Vansittart) | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
27th October 1939 | 25th January 1940 | Victory III (Vansittart) | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
26th January 1940 | 7th February 1940 | Victory III (Wivern) | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
8th February 1940 | 30th September 1940 | Lyns (Sandhurst) | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
1st October 1940 | 31st July 1945 | Lynx | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
1st August 1945 | Released in Class A | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/97 |
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known 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)
ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea