-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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Albert Horace Allen

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Date of birth: 31st March 1894
Place of birth: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Previous occupation: Fitter
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Engline Room Artificer 2nd Class
Service Number: M22591
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Engine Room Artificer Second Class)
Left Hood: 4th November 1925 (Engine Room Artificer Second Class)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.




History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
24th August 19162nd December 1916Vivid IVActing Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd December 191631st March 1917Dido (Defender)Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 191730th June 1917Victory II (Defender)Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 19178th August 1917Victory II (Defender) [...]Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th August 191731st August 1917Hecla (Defender)Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st September 191713th March 1918Apollo (Defender)Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th March 191811th May 1918Apollo (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th May 191823rd July 1918Blenheim (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th July 191817th December 1918Cormorant (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th December 191828th January 1919Blenheim (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th January 191924th February 1919Vivid II (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th February 191911th September 1919Apollo (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Fourth ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th September 191914th October 1919Apollo (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th October 191915th November 1919Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th November 19192nd February 1920Apollo (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
3rd February 192023rd April 1920Woolwich (Defender)Engine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th April 192031st May 1920VividEngine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st June 192026th February 1922CentaurEngine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th February 192211th April 1922Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
12th April 192231st March 1923Defiance (Wakeful)Engine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192314th May 1923Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192312th September 1923HoodEngine Room Artificer Third ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th September 19234th November 1925HoodEngine Room Artificer Second ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th November 19251st February 1926Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer Second ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd February 192630th September 1926Egmont II (Veteran)Engine Room Artificer Second ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st October 192615th April 1928Tamar II (Veteran)Engine Room Artificer Second ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th April 192814th July 1928ConcordEngine Room Artificer Second ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th July 192823rd August 1928Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer Second ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th August 19284th September 1928Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th September 192816th February 1929DefianceEngine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th February 192917th February 1929Vivid II (4)Engine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th February 192919th December 1929Victory XI (Dunoon)Engine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th December 19295th March 1930Vivid II (4)Engine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
6th March 193023rd April 1930VindictiveEngine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th April 193017th April 1932Tamar (Cicala)Engine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th April 19327th June 1932VindictiveEngine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th June 193210th August 1932Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer First ClassADM188/1063
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)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
Service Record: ADM363/166(Ancestry)
ADM188/1063 via WW1 Lives at Sea