Basil Frederick Hood

Paymaster-Captain Basil Frederick Hood CBE DSO (20 September 1886 – 10 January 1941) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.[1][2][3][4]

Life

Basil Frederick Hood was born on 20 September 1886, the son of Rev. J.F. Hood BA and Mrs C. du plat Hood (née Richardson Griffiths).[2] He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead.[2]

Hood joined the Royal Navy in 1904 and was appointed Assistant Paymaster in 1907, Paymaster in 1911 and Secretary to the Admiral of Patrols between 1912 and 1914.[2] During World War II he was Secretary to the Vice-Admiral commanding the East Mediterranean during the Gallipoli Campaign between 1915 and 1916 where he was mentioned in despatches twice and made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[2][5] He was promoted to Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander in 1917, Paymaster-Commander in 1923 and Paymaster-Captain in 1934.[2]

Hood was made CBE in 1937.[2][3]

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References
  1. Obituary in The Times, Paymaster Captain B.F. Hood R.N., 22 February 1941, p.7
  2. "Hood, Paymaster-Captain Basil Frederick : Who Was Who - oi". oxfordindex.oup.com.
  3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34396/supplement/3085/data.pdf
  4. "Page 10 - The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-III". lib.militaryarchive.co.uk.
  5. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29507/supplement/2872/data.pdf
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