-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.
William Joseph French
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker Petty Officer
Service Number: K 353
Joined Hood: 4th December 1925
Left Hood: 10th August 1927
Biographical Information: Possibly the same as J W French
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
SourcesCommonwealth War Graves Commission'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
James Harvey, e-mail 15 Mar 2003