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Stanley Purkiss

Rank Stoker 1st Class
Service Number SS 106553 (RFR B 5861)
Born 26/12/1889 Bishops Stortford

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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 Essex England Ruth Trayler (Formerly Purkiss) Harlow England Mother Ellen French (Formerly Purkiss) More info Alternative Nok address: 231 Glyn Road, Clapton Park, London.