-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 Edward Copp

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Date of birth: 13th November 1887
Place of birth: Exeter, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Fitter
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: ERA 2nd Class
Service Number: M13072
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (ERA 2nd Class)
Left Hood: 4th November 1925 (ERA 2nd Class)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
26th April 19153rd June 1915Vivid IIActing Engine Room Artifier 4th ClassADM188/1044
4th June 19155th November 1915St. George (Panther)Acting Engine Room Artifier 4th ClassADM188/1044
6th November 191525th June 1916WallingtonActing Engine Room Artifier 4th ClassADM188/1044
26th June 19163rd July 1916WallingtonEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1044
4th July 191615th February 1917Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1044
16th February 191731st March 1918Leander (Arab)Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1044
1st April 191814th April 1918Lyne (Arab)Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1044
15th April 191825th April 1918Wallington (Arab)Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassADM188/1044
26th April 191813th May 1919Wallington (Arab)Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1044
14th May 191913th October 1919Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1044
14th October 191925th December 1921CairoEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1044
26th December 192125th April 1922Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassADM188/1044
26th April 192214th May 1923Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1044
15th May 19234th November 1925HoodEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1044
5th November 192514th January 1926Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1044
15th January 192625th April 1927EmeraldEngine Room Artificer 2nd ClassADM188/1044
26th April 192730th August 1928EmeraldEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM188/1044
31st August 192829th November 1928Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM188/1044
30th November 192813th February 1929Vivid II (Dauntless)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM188/1044
14th February 192923rd April 1929Vivid II-IVEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
24th April 192930th December 1929ComusEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
31st December 19295th March 1930Vivid II-IVEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
6th March 19305th May 1930VindictiveEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
6th May 193019th August 1930Bee (Cockchafer)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
20th August 193011th October 1932BerwickEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
12th October 193210th January 1933Vivid IIEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
11th January 193331st December 1933Vivid II (Walker)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
1st January 19342nd September 1934Drake II (Walker)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
3rd September 193429th April 1935Drake II (Escapade)Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
30th April 193511th June 1936Drake IIEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
28th May 19366th October 1936Drake IIEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
12th June 193627th May 1936GloriousEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224
7th October 1936Invalided PUNSEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassADM363/224

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: ADM/363/224(Ancestry)