-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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Thomas Henry Braunton

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Date of birth: 23rd October 1895
Place of birth: Barnstaple, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Farm Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J13611
Joined Hood: 10th June 1922 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 29th August 1925 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
10th August 191130th January 1912ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/674
31st January 19121st February 1912ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/674
2nd February 19129th May 1912DonegalBoy 1st ClassADM188/674
10th May 191226th May 1912Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/674
27th May 191213th September 1912CarnarvonBoy 1st ClassADM188/674
14th September 191222nd October 1913ColossusBoy 1st ClassADM188/674
23rd October 191326th October 1914ColossusOrdinary SeamanADM188/674
27th October 191430th April 1918ColossusAble SeamanADM188/674
1st May 191828th October 1918DefianceAble SeamanADM188/674
29th October 19186th February 1919Apollo (Lochinvar)Able SeamanADM188/674
7th February 19198th February 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/674
9th February 191928th February 1921DefianceAble SeamanADM188/674
1st March 192122nd May 1922Columbine (Valhalla)Able SeamanADM188/674
23rd May 19229th June 1922Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/674
10th June 192229th August 1925HoodAble SeamanADM188/674
30th August 19251st March 1926DefianceAble SeamanADM188/674
2nd March 192625th May 1927Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/674
26th May 192712th February 1929ValiantAble SeamanADM188/674
13th February 192923rd November 1929Queen ElizabethAble SeamanADM363/156
24th November 192917th March 1930Queen ElizabethActing Leading SeamanADM363/156
18th March 19303rd April 1930DefianceActing Leading SeamanADM363/156
4th April 193023rd November 1930Osprey (Heather)Acting Leading SeamanADM363/156
24th November 193015th January 1931Osprey (Heather)Leading SeamanADM363/156
16th January 19312nd February 1931Vivid I-ILeading SeamanADM363/156
3rd February 19317th September 1933ResolutionLeading SeamanADM363/156
8th September 193317th October 1933Vivid ILeading SeamanADM363/156
18th October 193330th August 1934DefianceLeading SeamanADM363/156
31st August 19343rd May 1935RodneyLeading SeamanADM363/156
4th May 19351st July 1935Drake ILeading SeamanADM363/156
2nd July 193512th July 1935Caledon (Castor)Leading SeamanADM363/156
13th July 193521st October 1935Drake ILeading SeamanADM363/156
22nd October 193523rd September 1938PensionedLeading SeamanADM363/156
24th September 19387th October 1938Drake I (Mobilised)Leading SeamanADM363/156
8th October 193822nd August 1939DemobilisedLeading SeamanADM363/156
23rd August 193931st March 1941HermesLeading SeamanADM363/156
1st April 194124th June 1941Drake ILeading SeamanADM363/156
25th June 194110th July 1941DefianceLeading SeamanADM363/156
11th July 194115th August 1945VultureLeading SeamanADM363/156
16th August 1945Released in Class ALeading SeamanADM363/156

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)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
Service Record: ADM/363/156(Ancestry)