-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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Thomas Cannon

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Date of birth: 12th November 1897
Place of birth: Crewe, Cheshire, England
Previous occupation: Engine cleaner
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Telegraphist
Service Number: J.28152
Joined Hood: 28th August 1928 (Leading Telegraphist)
Left Hood: 16th May 1929 (Leading Telegraphist)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
16th October 191322nd October 1913ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd October 19137th February 1914PowerfulBoy 2nd ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th February 191426th May 1914ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th May 19148th September 1914ImpregnableBoy TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th September 191419th October 1914VernonBoy TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th October 19147th November 1914Vivid IBoy TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th November 191416th November 1914DefianceBoy TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th November 191419th November 1914DolphinBoy TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th November 191431st March 1915MaidstoneBoy TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191511th November 1915AdamantBoy TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th November 19159th November 1916Adamant (H 1)Ordinary TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th November 191614th January 1917H 2 (H 4)Ordinary TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th January 191722nd September 1917H 2 (H 4)TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd September 191730th November 1917DolphinTelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 19179th January 1919AdamantTelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th January 19199th May 1919DolphinTelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 191927th November 1919Thames (V 162)TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th November 191930th September 1921Vulcan (Nettle)TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192113th November 1921Vulcan (H 32)TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th November 192131st March 1922GloriousTelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192231st July 1922Vivid ITelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 192220th October 1922Vivid ILeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st October 192220th November 1922Vivid II (Emperor of India)Leading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st November 192222nd May 1924Emperor of IndiaLeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd May 192430th September 1924EgmontLeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192411th May 1925Emperor of IndiaLeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 192512th October 1925Vivid ILeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th October 192517th May 1926Queen ElizabethLeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 192625th May 1927ValiantLeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th May 192727th August 1928Vivid ILeading TelegraphistADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 19281st January 1929HoodLeading TelegraphistADM188/703
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)
ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea