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Frank Smitten

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number SS 3996
Born 02/05/1894 Solihull

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Portsmouth
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HMS Black Prince

Class Duke of Edinburgh-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 05/06/1912 Next of kin address Copt Heath Wharf Solihull England Jane (1897) William (1881), Henry (1883), Arthur (1885), George (1887), Albert (1889) & Thomas (1891) Mother Caroline Smitten Father William Smitten More info Alternative Nok address: Knowle, Warwickshire. 1901 census: Copt Heath Wharf, Solihull, Warwickshire Enlisted at Portsmouth on 05/06/1912 Promoted from Ordinary Seaman to AB on HMS Black Prince on 14/02/1914 1911: Occupation: Labourer, sewage work Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and in Knowle Parish Church.