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Harry Matthews

Rank Acting Leading Stoker
Service Number SS 102589 (RFR B 4125)
Born 25/11/1887 Birmingham Aston

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Portsmouth
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HMS Tipperary

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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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 Edith 35 Marroway Street Edgbaston, Birmingham England More info Stoker 2nd class in Royal Fleet Reserve, Portsmouth from 19/03/1911 Stoker 1st class in the Royal Naval Division, Benbow Battalion from 09/1914 to 10/10/1914 PoW, Netherlands until 02/1915 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Tipperary, 01/06/1915 to 01/06/1916