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Crew Stories & Poetry
Updated 01-Mar-2008

This section consists of poetry, stories and memories of Hood and crew.
Most of what you will see here was written by actual ex-crew or families of crewmen who were lost.

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Poetry About Hood and Her Crew
A variety of poems, both happy and sad, concerning Hood and her men.

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Crew Stories & Anecdotes
Stories by Hood crewmen and others involved with Hood. Randomly sorted. Click on the links below.

Diary of L.E. Croucher
by Bert Croucher

Part 2 of "Flagship Hood"
by Ted Briggs

Kangaroos & Motorcycles
by A. Thomas

A Charmed Life on the Ocean Wave
by Howard Spence

A Low Tech Naval Landing Party


Memories of Hood
by Reg Bragg

Memories of Hood
by L. Hudson

Picket Boats
by Capt George C. Blundell

Early Days Aboard Hood
by Windy Breeze

Memories of Hood
by Fred White

The Heroic Death of James Horton


Hood's Last Action
by Ted Briggs

I Was There - We Found Only 3
by Jack Taylor

Memories of Hood
by Harry Smith

The Letters of A.R.T. Batley
by A.R.T. Batley

Letters of Thanks to Mrs Hobbs



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