-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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Henry Earnest Churchward

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Date of birth: 11th August 1887
Place of birth: Cornwood, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Brickmaker
Service:
Rank:
Service Number: 310183
Joined Hood: 7th September 1920 (Stoker 1st class)
Left Hood: 26th July 1922 (Stoker 1st class)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
28th May 19064th January 1907Vivid IIStoker 2nd classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th January 190731st May 1907CornwallStoker 2nd classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 190731st August 1907HogueStoker 2nd classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 190710th May 1908HogueStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th May 190824th June 1908Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th June 190823rd September 1908CrescentStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th September 190810th October 1910TamarStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th October 19108th December 1910Royal ArthurStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th December 191026th April 1911Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th May 19116th June 1911Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 191131st July 1911Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 19113rd June 1912Prince GeorgeStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th June 191226th August 1912RoxburghStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th September 191211th September 1917RoxburghStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th September 191714th September 1917Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd September 191720th November 1917Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st November 191720th December 1917MelbourneStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st December 191717th March 1918MelbourneStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd April 19187th February 1919MelbourneStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th February 191921st February 1919Hma London DepotStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd February 191929th March 1919Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd April 191930th June 1919Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191928th November 1919TyneStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th November 191913th May 1920Pembroke IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th May 19206th September 1920Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th September 192015th April 1921HoodStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th April 192126th July 1922HoodStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th July 192210th August 1922Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th August 192217th January 1923King George VStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th January 192312th January 1924Emperor of IndiaStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th January 19244th April 1924Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th April 192431st December 1925Woolwich (Seafire)Stoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 192628th January 1926Vivid II (Douglas) (Seafire)Stoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th January 19262nd May 1926Vivid IIStoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd May 192631st May 1928Columbine (Valhalla)Stoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 192815th August 1928Vivid II (Valhalla)Stoker 1st classADM188/507
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th September 19382nd October 1938Drake 2 I (Mob)Stoker 1st classADM188/507
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)
ADM188/507 via WW1 Lives at Sea