-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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Arthur Gale

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Date of birth: 9th June 1896
Place of birth: Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Engine Cleaner
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Acting Leading Seaman
Service Number: J27825
Joined Hood: 7th January 1926 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 28th August 1927 (Acting Leading Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
18th October 191322nd February 1914Vivid IBoy 2nd ClassADM188/702
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23rd February 19146th March 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/702
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7th March 19148th March 1914RussellBoy 1st ClassADM188/702
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9th March 191426th April 1915RussellOrdinary SeamanADM188/702
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27th April 19153rd February 1916RussellAble SeamanADM188/702
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4th February 19165th June 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
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6th June 191630th June 1918Diligence (Nessus)Able SeamanADM188/702
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1st July 19188th September 1918Woolwich (Nessus)Able SeamanADM188/702
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9th September 191828th May 1919BenbowAble SeamanADM188/702
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29th May 191931st October 1919EuropaAble SeamanADM188/702
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1st November 191931st January 1920CoreopsisAble SeamanADM188/702
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1st February 192031st March 1920Julius (Thomas Bryan)Able SeamanADM188/702
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1st April 192017th November 1920JuliusAble SeamanADM188/702
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18th November 192010th February 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
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11th February 192111th September 1921Blenheim (Senator)Able SeamanADM188/702
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12th September 192131st December 1921Diligence (Senator)Able SeamanADM188/702
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1st January 192210th February 1922DiligenceAble SeamanADM188/702
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11th February 192223rd July 1923Diligence (Sikh)Able SeamanADM188/702
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24th July 19233rd December 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
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4th December 19232nd September 1924Columbine (Vectis)Able SeamanADM188/702
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3rd September 192430th September 1925DefianceAble SeamanADM188/702
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1st October 19256th January 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/702
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7th January 192629th June 1927HoodAble SeamanADM188/702
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30th June 192728th August 1927HoodActing Leading SeamanADM188/702
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29th August 192730th August 1927Vivid IActing Leading SeamanADM188/702
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31st August 192719th June 1928DefianceActing Leading SeamanADM188/702
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20th June 192816th October 1928DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/702
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17th October 192829th November 1928Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/702
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30th November 19281st January 1929Vivid II (Dauntless)Leading SeamanADM188/702
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: ADM363/96(Ancestry)