Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Major A. C. Hood, Royal Marine Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (Ch. 19766, Pte. A. C. Hood. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch. 19766 Pte. A. C. Hood. R.ML.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45 (Captain A. C. Hood R.M.) both impressed ‘Boot’s style’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (Ch. 19766 A. C. Hood. Sgt. R.M.) minor staining and contact marks to Great War awards, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140

Alfred Cecil Hood was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, on 15 February 1898 and joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry as a Private with the Chatham Division on 7 October 1915. Initially recorded as 'under age', he served during the Great War aboard the light cruiser H.M.S. Champion from 8 December 1915 to 31 May 1918, and then the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Superb until the cessation of hostilities. He fought his first engagement at the Battle of Jutland and was present when H.M.S. Superb, under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, led an Allied fleet through the Dardanelles and entered the Ottoman capital, Constantinople, on 13 November 1918, following the Armistice of Mudros.

Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a Gratuity, on 29 March 1931, Hood was appointed to the Royal Marine Office (London) and promoted Lieutenant Quartermaster on 7 November 1939. Sent to the Royal Marine Depot at Deal, he served during the Second World War with the Royal Marine Engineers, and was raised Captain on 7 November 1942 and Major on 23 February 1949. Transferred to the Pay and Records Office in the latter stages of his career, he was released from service on 22 February 1950 and took civilian employment as an accountant until retirement in 1955.

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