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Horace Sumner

Rank Boy 1st Class
Service Number J 38255
Born 18/07/1898 London Balham

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HMS Indefatigable

Class Battle 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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Died 31/05/1916 Battle of Jutland Portsmouth Naval Memorial Wounded Killed in Action Next of kin address England London 56 Kenlor Road Lower Tooting England Alfred Horace Sumner Mother Matilda Mary Sumner Father Horace Sumner More info Horace Sumner's brother, Signalman J 13606 Alfred Horace Sumner, in HMS Black Prince, was also killed in the battle.