-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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Ernest Sydney Bracken

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Date of birth: 23rd February 1880
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Carpenter
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Shipwright First Class
Service Number: 344247









Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
24th June 190117th March 1902Vivid IICarpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th March 19022nd January 1905BulwarkCarpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd January 19059th June 1905Vivid IICarpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 190518th January 1906ImpregnableCarpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th January 190613th February 1906Vivid IICarpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th February 190626th February 1906IndusCarpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th February 190630th September 1906CornwallisCarpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190631st March 1907CornwallisLeading Carpenters CrewADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19073rd June 1908CornwallisShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th June 190819th June 1908Vivid IIShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th June 190824th February 1909IndusShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 190914th December 1909Vivid IIShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 190931st July 1911New ZealandShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 19111st August 1911IndusShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 191122nd September 1911PomoneShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd September 191129th September 1911IndusShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th September 19119th May 1912AndromedaShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 191229th June 1912EuryalusShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th June 19122nd November 1912IndusShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd November 191230th November 1912LancasterShipwrightADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 191215th September 1913LancasterShipwright Second ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th September 19136th October 1913IndusShipwright Second ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th October 191315th October 1913Vivid IIShipwright Second ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 191331st December 1913AjaxShipwright Second ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191430th September 1918AjaxShipwright First ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191813th October 1918AjaxShipwright Second ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th October 191830th June 1919Vivid IIShipwright Second ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191920th September 1919Vivid IIIShipwright Second ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st September 19193rd February 1920Vivid IIIShipwright First ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 19201st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Shipwright First ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd March 19209th June 1922AlexandraShipwright First ClassADM188/521
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 192223rd June 1923Victory IIShipwright First ClassADM188/521
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)