-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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Charles James Ashley

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Date of birth: 22nd July 1896
Place of birth: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Previous occupation: Errand Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Signalman
Service Number: J20473
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Leading Signalman)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Leading Signalman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
21st September 191214th February 1913ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th February 191311th May 1913GangesBoy 2nd ClassADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 191310th October 1913GangesSignals BoyADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th October 191324th October 1913Vivid ISignals BoyADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th October 191322nd July 1914ActiveSignals BoyADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd July 191428th December 1914ActiveOrdinary SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th December 191431st December 1914GalateaOrdinary SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191515th February 1915GalateaSignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th February 191524th June 1915ActiveSignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th June 191527th August 1915Blake (Lyra)SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 19157th September 1915ActiveSignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th September 191512th December 1915BlakeSignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th December 191525th July 1916MarlboroughSignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th July 191630th September 1916Woolwich (Ariel)SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191631st August 1917Vivid II (Ariel)SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 191730th September 1917Apollo (Ariel)SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191713th May 1918Wallington (Ariel)SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th May 191811th June 1918Vivid ISignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th June 191820th June 1918Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st June 191830th June 1918Diligence (Voyager)Leading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191828th February 1919Blake (Voyager)Leading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 191915th October 1919Greenwich (Voyager)Leading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 19198th May 1920Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th May 192014th November 1921AmbroseLeading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 192114th May 1923Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 19236th January 1926HoodLeading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192630th September 1926Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 19268th April 1927EagleLeading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th April 19273rd August 1927Egmont II (Montrose)Leading SignalmanADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th August 19273rd August 1928Egmont II (Montrose)Acting Yeoman of SignalsADM188/687
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th August 19281st January 1929Egmont II (Montrose)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/687
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)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
Service Record: ADM363/91(Ancestry)
ADM188/687 via WW1 Lives at Sea