-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking
In Remembrance of
Sydney James Choules
Sydney was born on 21st May 1903 in Reading, Berkshire. He joined the Royal Navy on 30th January 1919, at the age of fifteen, at HMS Impregnable.
When he joined Hood in 1936 he was a Petty Officer, but a string of successive 'Superior' annual professional assessments, in Hood and before, led to his promotion to Chief Petty Officer on 23rd August 1940.
It is clear that CPO Choules was a highly respected leader. He was fondly remembered in the Portsmouth Evening News in May 1941 as "a tower of strength, nothing daunted him and he had that happy knack of always thinking ahead of the clock. He was an inspiring example to the young seamen in the ship and to the service to which he belonged."
Sydney was 38 years old at the time of his loss.
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
20th January 1919 | 24th October 1919 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/835 |
25th October 1919 | 28th November 1919 | Impregnable | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/835 |
29th November 1919 | 22nd December 1919 | Ganges | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/835 |
23rd December 1919 | 3rd February 1920 | Victory I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/835 |
4th February 1920 | 23rd January 1921 | Temeraire | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/835 |
24th January 1921 | 8th March 1921 | Orion | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/835 |
9th March 1921 | 20th May 1921 | Iron Duke | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/835 |
21st May 1921 | 30th November 1921 | Iron Duke | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/835 |
1st December 1921 | 23rd October 1923 | Iron Duke | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
24th October 1923 | 24th April 1924 | Excellent | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
25th April 1924 | 23rd June 1924 | Osprey (P31) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
24th June 1924 | 30th June 1924 | Dido (Trusty) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
1st July 1924 | 30th September 1924 | Dido (Saladin) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
1st October 1924 | 13th January 1925 | Dido (Trojan) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
14th January 1925 | 31st March 1925 | Dido (Tilbury) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
1st April 1925 | 30th June 1925 | Dido (Trusty) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
1st July 1925 | 30th September 1925 | Dido (Saladin) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
1st October 1925 | 11th November 1925 | Dido (Trojan) | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
12th November 1925 | 11th June 1928 | Barham | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
12th June 1928 | 22nd June 1928 | Victory I | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
23rd June 1928 | 31st December 1929 | Excellent | Able Seaman | ADM188/835 |
1st January 1930 | 31st August 1932 | Nelson | Able Seaman | ADM363/323 |
1st September 1932 | 12th November 1932 | Dolphin | Able Seaman | ADM363/323 |
13th November 1932 | 7th December 1932 | Dolphin | Acting Leading Seaman | ADM363/323 |
8th December 1932 | 2nd March 1933 | Effingham | Acting Leading Seaman | ADM363/323 |
3rd March 1933 | 23rd April 1933 | Vindictive | Acting Leading Seaman | ADM363/323 |
24th April 1933 | 12th November 1933 | Tamar II (Wishart) | Acting Leading Seaman | ADM363/323 |
13th November 1933 | 16th December 1934 | Tamar II (Wishart) | Leading Seaman | ADM363/323 |
17th December 1934 | 28th January 1935 | Tamar II (Daring) | Leading Seaman | ADM363/323 |
29th January 1935 | 10th December 1935 | Tamar II (Daring) | Acting Petty Officer | ADM363/323 |
11th December 1935 | 28th January 1936 | Victory I | Acting Petty Officer | ADM363/323 |
29th January 1936 | 28th February 1936 | Victory I | Petty Officer | ADM363/323 |
29th February 1936 | 21st May 1936 | Excellent | Petty Officer | ADM363/323 |
22nd May 1936 | 7th September 1936 | Victory I | Petty Officer | ADM363/323 |
8th September 1936 | 22nd August 1940 | Hood | Petty Officer | ADM363/323 |
23rd August 1940 | 24th May 1941 | Hood | Chief Petty Officer | ADM363/323 |