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William Young

Rank Boy 1st Class
Service Number J/42188
Born 12/09/1899 or 18/09/1899 Southampton

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Portsmouth
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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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Next of kin address Hampshire England Southampton 34 Melbourne St England Mother Mary Celia Father Walter William