-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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James Noxon

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Date of birth: 11th August 1891
Place of birth: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Previous occupation: Stable Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: 239791
Joined Hood: 7th January 1926 (Leading Seaman)
Left Hood: 27th August 1928 (Leading Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
3rd October 190723rd June 1908ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th June 190822nd September 1908ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd September 190828th January 1909SutlejBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th January 190910th February 1909VividBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th February 19098th March 1909DonegalBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th March 190910th August 1909AboukirBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th August 190927th January 1911AboukirOrdinary SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th January 191125th February 1911AboukirAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th February 191117th March 1911EgmontAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th March 19113rd April 1911AboukirAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th April 191122nd May 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd May 191130th November 1913BlakeAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 19137th February 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th February 191417th April 1914DefianceAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th April 19141st April 1915Vivid IIAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd April 19159th June 1915Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 191531st March 1916CleopatraAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191626th April 1916CleopatraLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th April 191617th December 1916Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th December 19161st August 1921ConcordLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 192115th August 1921MonarchLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th August 19212nd October 1921Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 192126th September 1923Columbine (Violetta)Leading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th September 192315th April 1924Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th April 192417th June 1924ResolutionLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th June 192419th December 1924DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th December 19246th March 1925Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th March 192511th November 1925ChathamLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th November 19256th January 1926Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192627th August 1928HoodLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 192825th January 1929DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th January 192931st January 1929Vivid I-ILeading SeamanADM363/410
1st February 192922nd February 1929GreenwichLeading SeamanADM363/410
23rd February 192928th May 1929Vivid I-ILeading SeamanADM363/410
29th May 192912th July 1931EagleLeading SeamanADM363/410
13th July 19319th August 1931Vivid ILeading SeamanADM363/410
10th August 193110th August 1931Shore PensionedLeading SeamanADM363/410
11th August 193123rd September 1940Joined RFRLeading SeamanADM363/410
24th September 194030th October 1940Drake ILeading SeamanADM363/410
31st October 194012th August 1945CabotLeading SeamanADM363/410
13th August 1945Released in Class ALeading SeamanADM363/410

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)
ADM188/426 via WW1 Lives at Sea