Charles Richard Collings
Place of birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Previous occupation: Sea boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Stoker
Service Number: 217951
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Leading Stoker)
Left Hood: 29th December 1925 (Leading Stoker)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
1st November 1901 | 6th November 1901 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th November 1901 | 30th July 1902 | Lion | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
31st July 1902 | 31st May 1903 | Lion | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st June 1903 | 2nd November 1903 | Vivid I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd November 1903 | 6th February 1904 | Arrogant | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th February 1904 | 29th September 1904 | Arrogant | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
30th September 1904 | 16th November 1904 | Diana | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th November 1904 | 12th July 1905 | Diana | Stoker 2nd Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th July 1905 | 14th February 1906 | Vivid II | Stoker 2nd Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th February 1906 | 30th June 1906 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st July 1906 | 22nd July 1906 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd July 1906 | 31st December 1906 | Hood | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st January 1907 | 6th September 1909 | Cumberland | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th September 1909 | 16th September 1909 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th September 1909 | 1st November 1909 | Leander | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd November 1909 | 12th November 1909 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th November 1909 | 21st May 1911 | Blake | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd May 1911 | 25th July 1911 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
26th July 1911 | 28th February 1912 | Leander | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
29th February 1912 | 10th May 1914 | Blake | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th May 1914 | 30th January 1915 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
31st January 1915 | 6th March 1915 | Vivid II (Sunfish) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th March 1915 | 12th March 1918 | Vivid II (TB 067) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th March 1918 | 30th June 1918 | Wallington (Telemachus) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st July 1918 | 3rd October 1918 | Leander (Telemachus) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th October 1918 | 13th February 1919 | Leander (Telemachus) | Acting Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
14th February 1919 | 28th February 1919 | Vivid II | Acting Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st March 1919 | 31st March 1919 | Actaeon | Acting Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st April 1919 | 1st July 1919 | Wildfire | Acting Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd July 1919 | 30th September 1919 | Attentive II (Leamington) | Acting Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1919 | 6th November 1919 | Attentive II (Gainsborough) | Acting Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th November 1919 | 26th April 1920 | Vivid II | Acting Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th April 1920 | 14th September 1922 | Curlew | Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th September 1922 | 14th November 1922 | Vivid II | Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th November 1922 | 10th May 1923 | Woolwich | Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th May 1923 | 14th May 1923 | Vivid II | Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th May 1923 | 29th December 1925 | Hood | Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
30th December 1925 | 6th February 1926 | Vivid II | Leading Stoker | ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
Additional Photographs
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Memorials
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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
ADM188/382 via WW1 Lives at Sea