31 May 1916(1916-05-31) (aged 45) HMS Invincible, North Sea
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1882–1916
Rank
Rear Admiral
Commands held
3rd Battlecruiser Squadron (1915–16) Force E (1915) Dover Command (1914–15) HMS Centurion (1913–14) Royal Naval College, Osborne (1910–13) HMS Commonwealth (1908–09) HMS Berwick (1906–07) HMS Hyacinth (1903–05)
Battles/wars
Mahdist War
Battle of Atbara
Battle of Omdurman
Third Somaliland Expedition
First World War
Western Front
Retreat from Mons
Siege of Antwerp
Race to the Sea
Battle of the Yser
Naval campaign
North Sea campaign
Battle of Jutland †
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Member of the Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in Despatches
Rear Admiral Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, KCB, DSO, MVO (2 October 1870 – 31 May 1916)[1] was a Royal Navy admiral of the First World War, whose lengthy and distinguished service saw him engaged in operations around the world, frequently participating in land campaigns as part of a shore brigade. His early death at the Battle of Jutland in the destruction of his flagship HMS Invincible was met with mourning and accolades from across Britain.
Hood was a youthful, vigorous and active officer whose service in Africa won him the Distinguished Service Order and who was posthumously appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in recognition of his courageous and ultimately fatal service in the Battle of Jutland,[1] during which his ship was constantly engaged from its arrival at the action and caused fatal damage to a German light cruiser. He has been described as "the beau ideal of a naval officer, spirited in manner, lively of mind, enterprising, courageous, handsome, and youthful in appearance … His lineage was pure Royal Navy, at its most gallant".[2]
^ abChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Hood, Horace Lambert Alexander" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 382.
^Hood, Sir Horace Lambert Alexander, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, H. W. Richmond, retrieved 18 November 2007
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2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018. Grove 2013, p. 2. Dunn, Steve (2017). "2: Hood". Securing the Narrow Sea: The Dover Patrol 1914 - 1918. Seaforth Publishing...
McCord of Pulaski. The origins of the hood are uncertain; it may have been appropriated from the Spanish capirote hood, or it may be traced to the uniform...
of Naval Intelligence 1913–1914 Succeeded by William Hall Preceded by HoraceHood Naval Secretary October 1914 – November 1914 Succeeded by Charles de...
Christopher Cradock at the Battle of Coronel in 1914 and Rear-Admirals Sir HoraceHood and Sir Robert Arbuthnot, both killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916...
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