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Lewis Riches

Rank Bombardier RMA
Service Number 13054
Born 06/11/1894 Norwich Aylsham

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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured Cruiser

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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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Enlistment 04/09/1912 Next of kin address Norfolk England Norwich 70 Vauxhall Street England Harry (Nok) Mother Mary Ann Riches Father William Riches More info Date of enlistment: 04/09/1912