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George Hobbs

Rank Ordinary Seaman or Able Seaman
Service Number J 33948
Born 15/01/1897 Normanton

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Portsmouth
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HMS Tipperary

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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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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Next of kin address Yorkshire England Normanton 20, Altofts Road England Mother Jane Hobbs Father George Alfred Hobbs