-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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Reginald Hobbs

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Date of birth: 19th June 1898
Place of birth: Stonehouse, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Errand Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J28034
Joined Hood: 7th January 1922 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 14th May 1923 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
1st October 191313th May 1914ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th May 191414th May 1914ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 19141st August 1914GibraltarBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 19142nd October 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 191431st March 1916TigerBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191618th June 1916Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th June 19169th September 1916Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th September 191628th February 1917Diligence (Nessus)Ordinary SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 191730th June 1918Diligence (Nessus)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19188th September 1918Woolwich (Nessus)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th September 191829th January 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th January 19195th February 1919Greenwich (Searcher)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th February 19196th May 1919Diligence (Searcher)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th May 191927th October 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th October 191931st March 1921BenbowAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192131st July 1921Emperor of IndiaAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 192115th August 1921MonarchAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th August 19216th January 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192214th May 1923HoodAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 19237th September 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th September 192314th November 1923DefianceAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 192311th January 1924Defiance (Hasty)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th January 192410th February 1925DefianceAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th February 192512th October 1925Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th October 192517th May 1926ElizabethAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 192625th May 1927ValiantAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th May 192725th August 1927Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th August 192731st December 1927Vivid II (Tomahawk)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19282nd February 1928Carysfort (Tomahawk)Able SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 192820th August 1928Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/703
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st August 19281st January 1929Egmont (Wren)Able SeamanADM188/703
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)