In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar

 


 

Thomas Hood, V.R.D.

 

Mate, RNCVR

 

Acting Commander, O-33980, RCNVR

 

Commander, O-33980, RCN(R)

 

Born: 25 Jul 1885, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

 

Died: 28 Nov 1957, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada

 

Thomas Hood is buried at Saint James Anglican Church Cemetery, Hudson Heights, Monteregie Region, Québec.

 

Ships served in:

* Appointed Mate, RNCVR (Navy List Jun 1916)

HMCS RAINBOW - Appointed to RAINBOW 11 Oct 1917 Add'l for Training and Disposal (Navy List Dec 1917)

* Seniority 01 Apr 1917 (Navy List Mar 1918)

TR 3 - Appointed to TR3 16 May 1918 (Navy List Jun 1918)

HMCS ST ELOI - Appointed to ST ELOI 06 Aug 1918 (Navy List Sep 1918)

* There are no entries in the Navy List for Thomas Hood after Sep 1918 until Jul 1931

Half-Company Halifax RCNVR - Listed as a Lieutenant, RCNVR (seniority 01 Aug 1924) (Navy List Jul 1931) 

* Promoted to Lieutenant-Commander, RNCVR (seniority 01 Jul 1934) (Navy List Sep 1934)

* On Retired List (Navy List Jun 1935)

* Called up for Active Service 09 Sep 1939 as a Lieutenant-Commander, RCNVR (Navy List Oct 1939)

HMC DOCKYARD HALIFAX (HMCS STADACONA for) - Appointed to HMC DOCKYARD 09 Sep 1939 as Assistant in Chart Depot (Navy List Mar 1940)

HMC DOCKYARD HALIFAX (HMCS STADACONA for)  - Appointed to HMC DOCKYARD 17 Mar 1941 as Officer In Charge of Chart Depot

* Promoted to Acting Commander, RCNVR (Navy List Mar 1943)

Note: On 01 Jun 1944 HMC DOCKYARD was removed from jurisdiction of the Commanding Officer HMCS STADACONA and commissioned as a separate establishment - HMCS SCOTIAN.

* Promoted to Commander, RCN(R) (seniority 01 Jan 1946) (Navy List Apr 1946)

RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX (HMCS STADACONA for) - Appointed to RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX 15 Dec 1946 for Demobilization (Navy List Jan 1947)

* Retired List as a Commander, RCN(R) (seniority 01 Jan 1946) (Navy List Jun 1947)

HMCS SCOTIAN (Retired List) (Navy List Jul 1952)

* "Released Dead" 28 Nov 1957 (Navy List Jan 1959)

 

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(TH001) Commander Thomas Hood

(TH002) Boyhood ambitions - Thomas Hood - From Early Call to World of Commerce

(TH003) Boyhood ambitions drawing with with a photo of Thomas Hood as a young officer superimposed on it

(TH004) Letter received by Commander Thomas Hood on the death of his son, Pilot Officer Frederick William Hood

Photos and documents courtesy of Casey Walker

 


 

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