To do list

OK they've all been sketched out:

Captain Ralph Kerr, CBE

Vice-Admiral Lancelot Ernest Holland, CB

Lieutenant Ted Briggs, MBE

Lieutenant-Commander William Dundas

Robert (Bob) Ernest Tilburn

When the survivors are split off I'll sort out William Dundas, who is the easiest to do, and I'll keep working on the Vice Admiral to see if I can get his tree to hook into the Big Tree.

Robert Tilburn is a little trickier - his mother was a Lilley and I assume he had an earlier marriage:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVDC-CWFX

There seems to be a tree on Ancestry which might give some pointers that'll push the tree back (I am not on there so someone else will need to look it up):
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=23&p=sur...
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/pedigree.aspx?tid=6220812

I'm struggling with Ted Briggs, it seems his mother was a Ball and his father died three months before he was born (so we can work backwards from that - the registration district for Redcar is Guisborough):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3140770/Ted-Briggs.html

If someone else could look into his family tree that'd be much appreciated.

Great progress Bill, thank you! ~There is lots to do so as many hands on deck would be good!

In the absence of copyright free images of people, or until we get permission (hopefully!) to use the images on the Hood Association webpages, please link any profiles to the image of HMS Hood linked to the project. If you need help doing this please message me. There is no need to re-load the image multiple times - people can be tagged to the one image. I will have a go at Robert Tilburn later today unless someone else wants to?

OK will do (I'd forgotten about the tagging trick). The Hood Association site is quite strict on image use (just try right clicking on any of the entry pages) and I assume that is because they've been given permission by family members to show the photographs on their site, so they can't give us permission. I will ask, but our best chance is getting the word out and hoping family members will add their photos in.

The image use is understandable - we just need to be vigilant about it and not abuse copyright.

Well there is always "fair use" which is how you can add photographs of the deceased on Wikipedia. Also if you have a look at the licensing for the Vice Admiral's image on Wikipedia, UK Government photos before 1957 and photos published before 1966 are considered public domain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amm.Lancelot_Holland.jpg

So there are other angles to explore.

Indeed!