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Watkin Lythgoe

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number 235742
Born 03/03/1889 New Brighton England

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Devonport
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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured Cruiser

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Plymouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is situated on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. There are 23,204 identified casualties listed of which 7,231 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by HRH Prince George on 29th July 1924

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Next of kin address 36 Balmoral Road New Brighton Father William Thomas Lythgoe Sister Elizabeth More info Sister's Nok address: 13 Carrington Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Lancashire. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.