-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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Walter Payne

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Date of birth: 16th January 1888
Place of birth: Exeter, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Machine Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 230710
Joined Hood: 7th January 1926 (Acting Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 11th October 1926 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
11th May 190416th May 1904ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th May 19047th December 1904LionBoy 2nd ClassADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th December 190431st December 1904LionBoy 1st ClassADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 190513th September 1905ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th September 190515th January 1906St GeorgeBoy 1st ClassADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th January 190625th January 1906St GeorgeOrdinary SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th January 190612th March 1906VividOrdinary SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th March 190617th May 1906Duke of EdinburghOrdinary SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th May 19062nd October 1907Duke of EdinburghOrdinary SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 19079th March 1908Duke of EdinburghAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th March 190818th May 1908Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th May 190824th October 1909LeanderAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th October 19098th October 1910BlakeAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th October 191028th October 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th October 191026th October 1911EuryalusAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th October 191122nd December 1911Royal ArthurAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd December 191119th August 1913KentAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th August 191330th April 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 19142nd November 1915ActiveAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd November 19154th February 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th February 191614th December 1916AsphodelAble SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 191620th July 1917AsphodelLeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st July 191719th September 1917Hannibal (Asphodel)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th September 191718th March 1918VividLeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th March 191815th December 1918Egmont (Usk)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th December 191820th February 1919Vivid II (Usk)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st February 191930th June 1919Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191931st October 1919Leander (Vanquisher)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 19191st November 1920Columbine (Vanquisher)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd November 192014th December 1920Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 192014th April 1921DartmouthLeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 19212nd March 1923SouthamptonLeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 192315th April 1923BirminghamLeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th April 192328th August 1923Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 19233rd December 1923Woolwich (Tuscan)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th December 19236th February 1925Columbine (Tuscan)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th February 192514th April 1925Columbine (Sterling)Leading SeamanADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 192515th June 1925Columbine (Sterling)Acting Petty OfficerADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th June 192524th November 1925Columbine (Stormcloud)Acting Petty OfficerADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th November 19256th January 1926Vivid IActing Petty OfficerADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192614th April 1926HoodActing Petty OfficerADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 192611th October 1926HoodPetty OfficerADM188/408
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th October 19262nd February 1927Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/408
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)
ADM188/408 via WW1 Lives at Sea