-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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Walter John Bevis Farmer

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Date of birth: 17th February 1885
Place of birth: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Previous occupation: Greenwich hospital school
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 210279
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
22nd June 190027th June 1900ImpregnableBoy 2nd ClassADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th June 19006th March 1901LionBoy 2nd ClassADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th March 190112th November 1901LionBoy 1st ClassADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th November 19013rd December 1901AgincourtBoy 1st ClassADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th December 190116th February 1903Empress of IndiaBoy 1st ClassADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
17th February 190313th September 1904Empress of IndiaOrdinary SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th September 190427th February 1905Empress of IndiaAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th February 19058th May 1905HannibalAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th May 190510th June 1905Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th June 190519th August 1905CambridgeAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
20th August 190531st December 1906VictoriousAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19074th March 1907Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th March 190714th December 1908QueenAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th December 19083rd May 1909Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th May 190931st December 1909SentinelAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st January 19107th February 1910Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
8th February 191025th March 1912BellonaAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
26th March 191217th April 1912Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
18th April 19124th January 1915Leander (Success)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th January 191513th July 1915Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th July 191518th July 1915Blake (Fury)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
19th July 191531st July 1915Victory II (Fury)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st August 191513th November 1915Vivid II (Fury)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th November 191523rd November 1917Blenheim (Fury)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th November 19178th March 1918Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th March 191830th June 1918Wallington (Tarpon)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st July 191831st October 1919Leander (Tarpon)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st November 191931st January 1920Columbine (Tarpon)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st February 192023rd February 1920Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
24th February 192031st March 1920Crescent (Hood)Able SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
1st April 192014th May 1923HoodAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th May 192326th June 1923Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/367
via WW1 Lives at Sea
27th June 192325th February 1925ImpregnableAble SeamanADM188/367
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)
ADM188/367 via WW1 Lives at Sea