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John Bostock

Rank Stoker 2nd Class
Service Number K 30863
Born 09/09/1892 London Greenwich England

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Chatham
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HMS Turbulent

Class Talisman-class destroyer

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Died 01/06/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address 14 Conley St East Greenwich Father Thomas 1911 Census address 14 Conley Street Kent More info 1911 census: Electrical cable hand.