-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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Archibald Horace Hancock

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Date of birth: 17th November 1897
Place of birth: Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
Previous occupation: Butcher's Assistant
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J27026
Joined Hood: 30th August 1933 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 28th August 1936 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
2nd September 19138th January 1914ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th January 191412th July 1914GangesBoy 2nd ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th July 191413th July 1914GangesBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th July 19141st August 1914CrescentBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 191429th October 1914Victory IBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th October 191416th November 1915CochraneBoy 1st ClassADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th November 191529th April 1917CochraneOrdinary SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th April 191715th November 1918CochraneAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 19184th January 1919Victory IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th January 191931st March 1920ExcellentAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19208th March 1921Iron DukeAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th March 192123rd March 1921VictoryAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th March 192115th May 1922Columbine (Westminster)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th May 19223rd September 1923Victory IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th September 19234th December 1923ExcellentAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th December 192311th May 1924DolphinAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 192419th August 1924Cyclops (M 1)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th August 19247th October 1924Pembroke II (M 1)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th October 192417th October 1924DolphinAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th October 192424th October 1924Dolphin (M 3)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th October 192414th November 1924DolphinAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 192417th November 1925Dolphin (M 3)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th November 192524th November 1925Dolphin (S C)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th November 19251st September 1926Victory IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd September 19262nd January 1928RevengeAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd January 192825th April 1930NelsonAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th April 19308th October 1930ExcellentAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th October 193021st November 1930SuffolkAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd November 193027th January 1933CumberlandAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th January 19332nd March 1933Victory IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 193327th March 1933ExcellentAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th March 193330th August 1933Effingham (Constance)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 193328th August 1936HoodAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 193624th September 1936ExcellentAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th September 193630th October 1936Drake IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st October 193629th December 1936Drake 2 (Malaya)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th December 193628th May 1937MalayaAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 193716th November 1937ExcellentAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th September 19384th October 1938Victory I (2) (Mob)Able SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st July 193916th November 1939Victory IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th November 193911th March 1940CairoAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th March 194010th April 1940Pembroke IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th April 194023rd May 1941Victory IAble SeamanADM188/701
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th May 194110th September 1945EagletAble SeamanADM188/701
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)
Service Record: ADM363/95(Ancestry)