-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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Arthur Ernest Hole

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Date of birth: 9th June 1886
Place of birth: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Previous occupation: Scholar
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 223010
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
8th October 190213th October 1902ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th October 19023rd June 1903LionBoy 2nd ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th June 19032nd March 1904LionBoy 1st ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd March 19049th May 1904Boscawen IIIBoy 1st ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th May 19048th June 1904TheseusBoy 1st ClassADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th June 190430th November 1904TheseusOrdinary SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 19042nd November 1905CornwallOrdinary SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd November 190531st December 1906CornwallAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 190722nd March 1907Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd March 19071st June 1907AmphitriteAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd June 190730th November 1907DefianceAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 190731st December 1907Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 190831st March 1909SkipjackAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 190922nd April 1910HalcyonAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd April 191016th May 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th May 191017th October 1910DonegalAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th October 191014th February 1911VividAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th February 19111st January 1912MarsAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 19123rd February 1914OrionAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 191424th March 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th March 191415th May 1914DefianceAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th May 191419th August 1916CarnarvonAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th August 191631st October 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 19169th October 1917DevonshireAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th October 191716th November 1917Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th November 191718th December 1918DevonshireAble SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th December 191830th June 1919DevonshireLeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191931st July 1919VividLeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 191930th November 1919ImpregnableLeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st December 191915th April 1920Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th April 192018th November 1920EagleLeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th November 19206th January 1921Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192117th January 1921TigerLeading SeamanADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th January 192117th October 1921TigerPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th October 192114th May 1923Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 19236th January 1926HoodPetty OfficerADM188/393
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 19268th June 1926Vivid IPetty 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)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
Service Record: ADM262/191(Ancestry)