-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 Dawson

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Date of birth: 19th June 1897
Place of birth: Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Previous occupation: Factory lad
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 2028579
Joined Hood: 1st April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 3rd December 1920 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
23rd November 191312th July 1914GangesBoy 2nd ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th July 191413th July 1914GangesBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th July 19141st August 1914CrescentBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 19146th October 1914Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th October 191418th June 1915DonegalBoy 1st ClassADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th June 191531st January 1916DonegalOrdinary SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191628th January 1918DonegalAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th January 191811th March 1918Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th March 191826th January 1919DefianceAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th January 191916th November 1919VernonAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th November 191923rd February 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th February 192031st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Able SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 19203rd December 1920HoodAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th December 19205th February 1921Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th February 192123rd August 1923DauntlessAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th August 192328th August 1923Dauntless (Cells)Able SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 19234th September 1923DauntlessAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th September 192311th September 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th September 192313th November 1923Woolwich (Sceptre)Able SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th November 19233rd December 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th December 192313th February 1924Columbine (Seraph)Able SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th February 192418th February 1924Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th February 19243rd March 1924Vivid I (Cells)Able SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th March 192411th April 1924Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th April 192413th August 1924RevengeAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th August 192423rd September 1924Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th September 192417th May 1926Queen ElizabethAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th May 192615th November 1926ValiantAble SeamanADM188/704
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 192618th June 1927Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/704
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)
ADM188/704 via WW1 Lives at Sea