-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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Ernest John Marshall

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Date of birth: 5th March 1891
Place of birth: Bodmin, Cornwall, England
Previous occupation: Farm Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Yeoman of Signals
Service Number: 239144
Joined Hood: 17th April 1926 (Yeoman of Signals)
Left Hood: 14th August 1928 (Yeoman of Signals)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
5th July 190725th February 1908ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th February 190811th April 1908ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th April 190829th July 1908Victory IBoy 1st ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th July 190817th August 1908Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 19084th March 1909MajesticBoy 1st ClassADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 19099th August 1909MajesticOrdinary SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th August 190922nd June 1910New ZealandOrdinary SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd June 191031st July 1911New ZealandSignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 191111th August 1911Vivid ISignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th August 191115th November 1911EuryalusSignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 191130th April 1912Vivid ISignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 19122nd February 1914HeclaSignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 191420th February 1914Vivid ISignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st February 191412th July 1915Vivid IISignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th July 191530th August 1915Dolphin (TB 104)SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 191522nd October 1915Dolphin (S 2)SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd October 191531st December 1915QueenSignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191629th October 1916B 11SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th October 191624th January 1917DolphinSignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th January 191730th June 1917Maidstone (E 53)SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19171st July 1917Maidstone (E 46)SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19177th March 1918Maidstone (E 46)Leading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th March 191830th June 1919Adamant (E 46)Leading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191925th August 1919Adamant (E 48)Leading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th August 191930th September 1919EgmontLeading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191931st March 1921Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19213rd November 1921BeaufortLeading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th November 19217th December 1921Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th December 192110th March 1922Woolwich (Grenville)Leading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th March 192217th August 1922Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 192212th October 1923SouthamptonLeading SignalmanADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th October 192314th July 1924SouthamptonYeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th July 192420th April 1925ChathamYeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st April 192522nd September 1925Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd September 192514th January 1926WoolwichYeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th January 192612th April 1926Vivid II (Douglas)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th April 192616th April 1926Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th April 192614th August 1928HoodYeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th August 192815th October 1928Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 192831st May 1930Egmont II (Keppel)Yeoman of SignalsADM188/425
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 193015th June 1930Vivid II-IV (Keppel)Yeoman of SignalsADM363/422
16th June 193029th November 1930Vivid I-IIYeoman of SignalsADM363/422
30th November 19303rd March 1931Vivid I-IIChief Yeoman of SignalsADM363/422
4th March 193127th September 1938PensionedChief Yeoman of SignalsADM363/422
28th September 19382nd October 1938Drake I (Mobilised)Chief Yeoman of SignalsADM363/422
3rd October 193827th August 1939DemobilisedChief Yeoman of SignalsADM363/422
28th August 193912th August 1945Drake I (Mobilised)Chief Yeoman of SignalsADM363/422
13th August 1945Released in Class AChief Yeoman of SignalsADM363/422


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)
ADM188/425 via WW1 Lives at Sea