-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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John Gallagher

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Date of birth: 13th June 1896
Place of birth: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Previous occupation: Messenger
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: J28404
Joined Hood: 6th January 1922 (Leading Seaman)
Left Hood: 14th May 1923 (Leading Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
18th November 19134th March 1914Vivid IBoy 2nd ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 19146th March 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th March 191412th June 1914RussellBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th June 19149th December 1914RussellOrdinary SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th December 19144th March 1915PenelopeOrdinary SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 191531st March 1915Pembroke IOrdinary SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19156th May 1915PenelopeOrdinary SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th May 191519th May 1916PenelopeAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th May 191617th July 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th July 191621st April 1918Imperieuse (Hartside)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd April 191810th May 1919President IIIAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th May 19198th July 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th July 191915th September 1919IndusAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th September 191927th October 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th October 191931st July 1920BenbowAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 192031st March 1921BenbowLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192131st July 1921Emperor of IndiaLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 192115th August 1921MonarchLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th August 19215th January 1922Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th January 192214th May 1923HoodLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192313th July 1923Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th July 192331st January 1924GloriousLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 192427th May 1924DartmouthLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th May 192421st August 1924ThundererLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd August 192430th September 1924Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 19242nd April 1925FrobisherLeading SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd April 19252nd April 1926FrobisherActing Petty OfficerADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd April 192622nd December 1927FrobisherPetty OfficerADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd December 192710th April 1928Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th April 192825th November 1928ImpregnablePetty OfficerADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th November 19281st January 1929Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/703
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: ADM363/97(Ancestry)