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Samson Sherwood

Rank Acting Leading Stoker
Service Number K 13132
Born 04/06/1893 Eastbourne

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Portsmouth
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HMS Queen Mary

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 at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Sussex England Langley Green Langley Eastbourne England Eastbourne Sussex Langney Cottage Wallsend Road England Father George