-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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Charles Cecil

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Date of birth: 31st March 1889
Place of birth: Bristol, Somerset, England
Previous occupation: Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 236985
Joined Hood: 12th May 1922 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
24th July 190620th September 1906Ganges IIBoy 2nd ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st September 190621st October 1906SutlejBoy 2nd ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd October 19068th December 1906SutlejBoy 1st ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th December 19064th January 1907Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th January 19073rd March 1907NiobeBoy 1st ClassADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th March 19073rd April 1907NiobeOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th April 190718th December 1907AndromedaOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th December 19073rd February 1908EuropaOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 190831st October 1908ArgyllOrdinary SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 19084th March 1912ArgyllAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 191219th August 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th August 191214th September 1912CaesarAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th September 19124th November 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th November 191215th September 1913LancasterAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th September 191315th October 1913Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 191310th March 1919AjaxAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th March 19193rd May 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd May 192111th May 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 19226th January 1926HoodAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192626th August 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th August 192620th September 1927MalayaAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st September 192712th February 1929Queen ElizabethAble SeamanADM188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th February 19297th March 1929ValiantAble SeamanADM363/464
8th March 192917th June 1929Vivid I - IIIAble SeamanADM363/464
18th June 19293rd April 1930OspreyAble SeamanADM363/464
4th April 193015th April 1930Vivid I - IIIAble SeamanADM363/464
16th April 19306th January 1931RodneyAble SeamanADM363/464
7th January 193128th March 1931Vivid I - IIIAble SeamanADM363/464
29th March 193130th July 1939PensionedAble SeamanADM363/464
31st July 19393rd October 1940CardiffAble SeamanADM363/464
4th October 194031st March 1941Drake IAble SeamanADM363/464
1st April 1941Invalided PUNS ArthritisAble SeamanADM363/464

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)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
ADM188/420 via WW1 Lives at Sea