-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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Leonard Sydney George MItchell

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Date of birth: 17th May 1898
Place of birth: Dorchester, Dorset, England
Previous occupation: House Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J27104
Joined Hood First time: 1st April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood First time: 16th May 1921 (Able Seaman)
Joined Hood Second time: 16th June 1921 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood Second time: 14th May 1923 (Able Seaman)





Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
8th September 191322nd September 1913ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd September 19139th April 1914PowerfulBoy 2nd ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th April 191418th April 1914PowerfulBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th April 191430th July 1914TheseusBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st July 191429th October 1915CornwallBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th October 19155th May 1916CanopusBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th May 191616th May 1916Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th May 19163rd October 1916Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th October 191630th April 1917Colleen (Laburnum)Ordinary SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 191713th June 1917Colleen (Laburnum)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th June 19173rd August 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th August 191710th February 1918CornwallAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th February 191817th August 1918CornwallAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 19188th February 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th February 191920th January 1920Crescent (Magnificent)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st January 192023rd February 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th February 192031st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192016th May 1921HoodAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th June 192115th June 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th June 192114th May 1923HoodAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192331st March 1924Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192414th September 1924Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th September 192431st October 1925Greenwich (Vanquisher)Leading SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 192516th September 1926Egmont II (Vanquisher)Leading SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th September 192625th October 1927Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th October 192731st December 1927Vivid II (Romola)Leading SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19288th July 1929Carysfort (Romola)Leading SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th July 192929th November 1929Victory II-IV (Vesper)TelegraphistADM363/433
30th November 192910th November 1930Victory II-IV (Vimy)TelegraphistADM363/433
11th November 19308th June 1931Victory I-IITelegraphistADM363/433
9th June 193117th July 1931Victory II-IV (Blanche)TelegraphistADM363/433
18th July 193130th June 1933Egmont II-II (Blanche)TelegraphistADM363/433
1st July 193319th July 1936St. Angelo II (Blanche)TelegraphistADM363/433
1st July 193319th July 1936St. Angelo II (Blanche)TelegraphistADM363/433
20th July 19367th October 1936Victory II (Blanche)TelegraphistADM363/433
8th October 19367th September 1937Victory ITelegraphistADM363/433
8th September 193728th July 1939Victory II (Exmouth)TelegraphistADM363/433
29th July 193926th October 1939Victory IV (Exmouth)TelegraphistADM363/433
27th October 193931st October 1939Victory III (Exmouth)TelegraphistADM363/433
1st November 193921st January 1940Drake IV (Exmouth)TelegraphistADM363/433


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)
ADM188/701 via WW1 Lives at Sea