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George Greedus

Rank Signalman
Service Number J 13706
Born 17/08/1895 Chichester

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Portsmouth
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HMS Invincible

Class Invincible 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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Decorations Star, Victory & British War Medals Died 31/05/1916 Lost at sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address 4 George Street Chichester, Sussex England Mother Alice Greedus Father (George) John Greedus More info 2nd son. 1911 census: Grocery assistant. Date of enlistment in RN: August 1911. Boy 2nd class in HMS Impregnable. Signal boy in HMS Ganges, HMS Victory & HMS Princess Royal. Signalman in HMS Princess Royal.