-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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Harry Hector Wood

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Date of birth: 10th June 1900
Place of birth: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Parents: James and Sarah Wood
Wife: Winifred Elizabeth Voss
Previous occupation: Schoolboy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: ERA 2nd Class
Service Number: M18331
Joined Hood: 21st April 1928 (ERA 2nd Class)
Left Hood: 16th May 1929 (ERA 2nd Class)





Biographical Information:

Harry was born in Huddersfield to parents James, a plate layer, and Sarah Wood. He has eight siblings: Betty, John, Willie, Walter, Arthur, James, May and Nellie.

He married Winifred Elizabeth Voss at Devonport in April 1927

Harry was awarded the British Empire Medal in the New years honours of 1941





History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
3rd January 191631st December 1919IndusBoy ArtificerADM188/1054
1st January 19203rd January 1920IndusEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassADM188/1054
4th January 192024th March 1920Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassADM188/1054
25th March 192020th September 1920ArgusEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassADM188/1054
21st September 19207th December 1920Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassADM188/1054
8th December 192031st December 1920RevengeEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassADM188/1054
1st January 192130th June 1921RevengeActing Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1054
1st July 192116th August 1921Vivid IIActing Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1054
17th August 192131st December 1921WarspiteActing Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1054
1st January 192231st December 1923WarspiteEngine room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1054
1st January 192415th August 1924WarspiteEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1054
16th August 192414th September 1924Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1054
15th September 192431st October 1925Greenwich (Viceroy)Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1054
1st November 192531st March 1927Egmont II (Viceroy)Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1054
1st April 192718th May 1927Vivid II (Viceroy)Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1054
19th May 192719th August 1927Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1054
20th August 192731st December 1927Vivid II (Douglas)Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1054
1st January 19281st March 1928CarysfortEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1054
2nd March 192820th April 1928Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1054
21st April 192816th May 1929HoodEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1054
17th May 192914th April 1930TigerEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
15th April 19305th October 1930Vivid II-IVEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
6th October 193021st November 1930SuffolkEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
22nd November 19303rd August 1932Bee (Cockchafer)Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
4th August 19329th September 1932Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
10th September 193213th September 1932Comus (Argus)Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
14th September 193231st December 1932Comus (Ramillies)Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
1st January 19335th January 1933Comus (Ramillies)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/196
6th January 19339th February 1934MalayaEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/196
10th February 193420th April 1934MalayaActing Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
21st April 193431st May 1934Drake IIActing Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
1st June 19348th August 1934EffinghamActing Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
9th August 19348th October 1934Drake IIActing Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
9th October 19349th February 1935BidefordActing Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
10th February 193516th November 1936BidefordChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
17th November 19363rd March 1937Drake IIChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
4th March 193728th October 1938Drake II (Bideford)Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
29th October 19386th December 1938Columbo (Bideford)Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
7th December 19382nd January 1939Drake IIChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
3rd January 19399th February 1940RepulseChief Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM363/196
10th February 194010th December 1941RepulseChief Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/196

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)
Service Record: ADM363/196(Ancestry)