-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
Biographies of H.M.S. Hood Crewmen
Updated 15-Dec-2007

It is estimated that as many as 9,000 men served in H.M.S. Hood during her long career. These men literally came from all walks of life and from all corners of the Empire and Commonwealth. We shall endeavour to tell many of their stories here.

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Survivors of the Sinking of Hood
When H.M.S. Hood sank in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941, she took 1,415 men to the bottom with her. Only three men survived.
You can learn about each of them by reading the following alphabetically sorted biographies.

A.E.P 'Ted' Briggs         William Dundas         R.E. 'Bob' Tilburn


Assorted Crew Biographies
Alphabetically sorted biographies of men who served in H.M.S. Hood between 1920 and 1941.

Tommy Barker

Ken "Nobby" Clark

Harry Cutler

Dixie Dean

George Donnelly

R.T. "Mike" Doolin

Keith Evans

Samuel Gray


Jim Gurney

Fred Hard

William Hawkins

Frank Hiorns

Leonard Holsworth

Alec Kellaway

Ernest "Mac" McConnell

Frank Pavey

Len Pay


Robert Philpott

"Tubby" Salter

Arthur Steven

Bill Stone

Jim Taylor

Dick Turner

JR Williams

Leonard Williams



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