-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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Reginald Stuart Druce

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Date of birth: 4th January 1892
Place of birth: Guernsey, Channel isles
Previous occupation: Errand boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 239624
Joined Hood: 15th April 1920 (Leading Seaman)
Left Hood: 6th January 1922 (Petty Officer)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
9th September 190723rd June 1908ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th June 190822nd September 1908ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd September 190828th January 1909SutlejBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th January 190910th February 1909VividBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th February 19098th March 1909DonegalBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th March 19093rd January 1910AboukirBoy 1st ClassADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th January 19107th March 1911AboukirOrdinary SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th March 19113rd April 1911AboukirAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th April 19115th May 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th May 19114th December 1911PomoneAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th December 191116th December 1911Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th December 191127th March 1912VanguardAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th March 191212th April 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th April 19123rd June 1912BlakeAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th June 19125th September 1913BlakeAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th September 19131st October 1913Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd October 191328th February 1915RoxburghAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st March 191526th March 1915RoxburghLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th March 19159th June 1915Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 191515th July 1915Vivid II (M 32)Leading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th July 191516th July 1916Europa II (M 32)Leading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th July 191630th September 1917Europa II (M 32)Able SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 191731st January 1918Egmont (M 32)Able SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 191820th May 1918Europa II (M 32)Able SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st May 191824th January 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th January 191931st March 1919CornwallAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191921st August 1919CornwallLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd August 191922nd January 1920Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd January 192021st February 1920London (Cornwall)Leading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd February 192014th April 1920Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 192023rd January 1921HoodLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th January 19216th January 1922HoodPetty OfficerADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 192219th July 1923Vivid IPetty OfficerADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th July 19238th February 1924AmbrosePetty OfficerADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th February 192431st December 1924ScarabPetty OfficerADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 192510th March 1925Mantis (Scarab)Petty OfficerADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th March 192531st March 1925Mantis (Scarab)Leading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192521st April 1926Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd April 192616th March 1927FrobisherLeading SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th March 192711th April 1927FrobisherAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th April 192729th April 1928DurbanAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th April 19289th September 1928TamarAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th September 192824th October 1928HawkinsAble SeamanADM188/426
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th October 1928Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/426
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)
ADM188/426 via WW1 Lives at Sea