-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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William Henry Hockedy

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Date of birth: 8th December 1888
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Acting Yeoman of Signals
Service Number: 231596
Joined Hood: 17th December 1927 (Acting Yeoman of Signals)
Left Hood: 14th August 1928 (Acting Yeoman of Signals)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
24th August 190429th August 1904ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th August 190431st December 1904LionBoy 2nd ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 190522nd March 1905ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd March 190511th June 1905ImpregnableBoy 1st ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th June 190526th August 1905Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th August 190528th August 1906VictoriousBoy 1st ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th August 19062nd October 1906Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd October 19067th December 1906Empress of IndiaBoy 1st ClassADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th December 19061st January 1907Empress of IndiaSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 190730th September 1907HiberniaSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 190729th June 1908HiberniaOrdinary SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th June 19084th January 1909HiberniaSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th January 19095th March 1909VividSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th March 19099th June 1909LeanderSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th June 19098th January 1910Vivid IISignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th January 19103rd February 1910DefianceSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 191030th January 1911Vivid IISignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
31st January 191110th February 1911TalbotSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th February 191123rd July 1912OrontesSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th July 191231st May 1913EgmontSignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 19131st October 1913Vivid ISignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd October 19136th February 1914Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th February 191425th November 1915BellonaLeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th November 191528th March 1916Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th March 191623rd November 1917Vivid ISignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th November 191720th December 1918Victory X (P 53)SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st December 191824th February 1919Vivid ISignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 191930th April 1919Apollo (P 53)SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st May 191928th November 1919Apollo (P 53)Leading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th November 191924th March 1920Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th March 19202nd November 1920BeaufortLeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd November 192019th November 1920Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th November 192020th December 1920Columbine (Valhalla)Leading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st December 19208th January 1921Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th January 192114th January 1923ValiantLeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th January 19237th March 1923Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th March 192314th March 1923GibralterLeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th March 192318th September 1923HeatherLeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th September 192325th February 1924VividLeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th February 192430th September 1926EagleLeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192620th September 1927Vivid ILeading SignalmanADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st September 192716th December 1927Vivid IActing Yeoman of SignalsADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th December 192714th August 1928HoodActing Yeoman of SignalsADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th August 192820th September 1928Vivid IActing Yeoman of SignalsADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st September 19287th December 1928Vivid IYeoman of SignalsADM188/410
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th December 1928Royal Fleet ReserveYeoman of SignalsADM188/410
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)
ADM188/410 via WW1 Lives at Sea