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Wilfred Ives

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J/30756
Born 01/11/1897 Buntingford

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Chatham
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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured Cruiser

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Chatham Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and overlooks the town. There are 18,623 identified casualties listed of which 8,517 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) on 26th April 1924

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Next of kin address Hertfordshire England Lannock ( or Lennock or Cannock?) Cottages Weston, Stevenage England Mother Mary Clarke Father John Ernest Ives