-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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Albert Edward Cottrell

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Date of birth: 26th February 1887
Place of birth: Bedminster, Somerset, England
Previous occupation: Errand boy
Service:
Rank:
Service Number: 223013
Joined Hood First time: 1st April 1920 (Chief Petty Officer)
Left Hood First time: 14th November 1920 (Chief Petty Officer)
Joined Hood Second time: 31st August 1921 (Chief Petty Officer)
Left Hood Second time: 14th May 1923 (Chief Petty Officer)





Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
9th October 190222nd July 1903ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd July 190324th February 1904ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 190430th September 1904VividBoy 1st ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190425th February 1905DianaBoy 1st ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th February 19054th March 1906DianaOrdinary SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 19065th November 1906DianaAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th November 19062nd February 1907Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 19079th September 1907CambridgeAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th September 190713th September 1909ArrogantAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th September 190918th January 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th January 191019th August 1910LeanderAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th August 191019th September 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th September 191031st December 1910Balmoral CastleAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191123rd September 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th September 191131st May 1912IllustriousAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 191217th June 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th June 191214th July 1912HermioneAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th July 191231st October 1912FoxAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 191228th February 1915FoxLeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 191531st July 1915FoxPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 191510th November 1915EgmontPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th November 19158th June 1916Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th June 191625th September 1916Actaeon (P 16)Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th September 191630th September 1916Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191615th October 1916Actaeon (P 16)Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th October 191619th October 1916PembrokePetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th October 191615th February 1917Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th February 191730th April 1917Q 7Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 191727th August 1917PenshurstPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th August 191731st December 1917PenshurstActing Chief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191811th February 1918Vivid IActing Chief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th February 191820th May 1918PolyanthusActing Chief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st May 191811th February 1919Gibraltar (Polyanthus)Acting Chief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th February 19194th March 1919Vivid IActing Chief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 191930th June 1919Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191931st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Chief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192014th November 1920HoodChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 192030th August 1921Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st August 192114th May 1923HoodChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192322nd June 1923Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd June 192325th November 1923King George VChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th November 192311th January 1924Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th January 192417th May 1926ValiantChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 19261st June 1926Queen ElizabethChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd June 192625th February 1927Vivid IChief Petty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th September 19382nd October 1938Drake I I (Mob)Chief Petty OfficerADM188/393
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)
ADM188/393 via WW1 Lives at Sea