-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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Samuel Cutler Holmes

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Date of birth: 5th October 1886
Place of birth: Oldbury, Worcestershire, England
Previous occupation: Tube Filer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 230351
Joined Hood: 1st April 1920 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 14th May 1923 (Able Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
30th April 190430th June 1904Pembroke IBoy 2nd ClassADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 190422nd July 1904NorthamptonBoy 2nd ClassADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd July 190414th September 1904NorthamptonBoy 1st ClassADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th September 190421st October 1904CalliopeBoy 1st ClassADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd October 190417th November 1904CalliopeOrdinary SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th November 190431st December 1904Vivid IOrdinary SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 190529th November 1905EuropaOrdinary SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
30th November 19051st January 1906EuropaAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 190611th August 1907ArgyllAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th August 19073rd February 1908ArgyllAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 19086th November 1908Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th November 190814th December 1908HannibalAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 190820th November 1910QueenAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th November 191014th December 1910QueenAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 191014th November 1911VividAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th November 19111st January 1912VividAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd January 191216th June 1912OrionAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
22nd June 19123rd February 1914OrionAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th February 19144th May 1914Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th May 19141st August 1914Challenger (Argonaut)Able SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd August 191413th September 1915ArgonautAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th September 19158th August 1916King AlfredAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th August 191625th September 1916Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th September 19168th November 1919ErinAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th November 19193rd December 1919St Vincent (Mist)Able SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th December 191922nd December 1919Courageous (Mis)Able SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd December 191923rd February 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th February 192031st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Able SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192014th May 1923HoodAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192328th May 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th May 192327th November 1923GloriousAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th November 19233rd January 1924Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th January 192411th May 1925Emperor of IndiaAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 192518th August 1925Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th August 19254th May 1926Impregnable (King George V)Able SeamanADM188/407
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th May 192625th October 1926Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/407
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)
ADM188/407 via WW1 Lives at Sea