-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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Alfred Charles Edwin Coysh

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Date of birth: 18th November 1890
Place of birth: Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Greenwich Hospital school
Service:
Rank:
Service Number: 236751
Joined Hood: 26th August 1926 (Yeoman of Signals)
Left Hood: 4th January 1927 (Chief Yeoman of Signals)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
28th June 19061st July 1906GangesBoy 2nd ClassADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd July 190625th October 1906ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th October 190627th October 1906ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th October 190615th February 1907Victory IBoy 1st ClassADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th February 19074th March 1907Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 190717th November 1908QueenBoy 1st ClassADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th November 190814th December 1908QueenOrdinary SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 19085th March 1909Vivid IOrdinary SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th March 190914th March 1909Vivid ISignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th March 19098th October 1909SutlejSignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th October 190926th November 1909MarsSignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th November 190913th May 1910SutlejSignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th May 19108th August 1910Vivid ISignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th August 191028th May 1911CornwallisSignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 191112th August 1912CornwallisLeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th August 191211th November 1912Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th November 191230th January 1914BlakeLeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st January 19142nd March 1914Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 191428th August 1914Duke of EdinburghLeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 191428th February 1915Duke of EdinburghSignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 19155th March 1917Duke of EdinburghLeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th March 19179th March 1917Queen ElizabethLeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th March 191731st August 1917BlondeLeading SignalmanADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 191731st December 1917BlondeYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 191813th March 1919CenturionYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th March 19198th September 1919Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th September 191929th March 1921Ganges IIYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th March 192113th July 1921Columbine (Valkyrie)Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th July 19217th October 1921Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th October 19218th February 1924AmbroseYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th February 19246th August 1924Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th August 192422nd September 1924Victory IYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd September 192413th November 1924Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th November 192431st March 1925Maidstone (Alecto)Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192522nd July 1925MaidstoneYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd July 192513th August 1925Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th August 192525th August 1926GangesYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th August 192631st December 1926HoodYeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19274th January 1927HoodChief Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th January 192718th February 1927Vivid IChief Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th February 19274th September 1927ConcordChief Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th September 19278th September 1927CaledonChief Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th September 192731st October 1927Vivid IChief Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 192729th December 1927Victory IChief Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th December 19271st January 1929ResolutionChief Yeoman of SignalsADM 188/420
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)
ADM 188/420 via WW1 Lives at Sea