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Joseph Clapson

Rank ShipS Corporal 1st Class (Pens)
Service Number 350021
Born 02/01/1863 Bearsted

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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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Died 31/05/1916 Lost of sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Jean Clapson or Alice Clapson Bank Chambers, London Road Redhill, Surrey England