-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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Frederick William Escott

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Date of birth: 4th November 1898
Place of birth: Exmouth, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Brickyard Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: J29208
Joined Hood: 7th January 1922 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 20th April 1923 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
12th January 191412th July 1914ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th July 191413th July 1914ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th July 191430th July 1914EndymionBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st July 19143rd May 1916CumberlandBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th May 191620th October 1916CumberlandOrdinary SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st October 191630th November 1916Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 19162nd December 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd December 19162nd July 1917Leander (Sprightly)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd July 19175th July 1917Leander (Sprightly) (Cells)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th July 191731st January 1918Leander (Sprightly)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 19185th March 1918Victorious II (Sprightly)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th March 191826th August 1918Vanessa II (Sprightly)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th August 191810th February 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th February 191930th November 1919New ZealandAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 191918th March 1920New ZealandLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th March 192027th April 1920Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th April 19202nd February 1921Cormorant (Romola)Leading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 192117th August 1921Cormorant (Romola)Petty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th August 19216th January 1922Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192220th April 1923HoodPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st April 19237th April 1924Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th April 192423rd May 1924WeymouthPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th May 19241st October 1926VerbenaPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd October 19263rd December 1926Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th December 19266th March 1927Vivid II (Romola)Petty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th March 192711th October 1927Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th October 192717th November 1927Vivid II (Scout)Petty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th November 192718th September 1928Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th September 19281st January 1929ResolutionPetty OfficerADM188/705
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: ADM363/98(Ancestry)
ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea