-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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John Herbert Williams

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Date of birth: 14th April 1902
Place of birth: Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Previous occupation: Club Waiter
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Steward
Service Number: L12597
Joined Hood First time: 29th August 1927 (Steward 3rd Class (O))
Left Hood First time: 5th April 1929 (Steward 2nd Class (O))
Joined Hood Second time: 1st June 1939 (Petty Officer Steward)
Left Hood Second time: 3rd March 1940 (Chief Petty Officer Steward)
Joined Hood First time: Unknown - aboard early 1940
Left Hood First time: Unknown - aboard early 1940



Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.

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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 101/565
Service Record: ADM363/144(Ancestry)