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Frank Blackburn

Rank Ordinary Seaman
Service Number J 34795
Born 30/01/1898 Lincoln England

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Portsmouth
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HMS Turbulent

Class Talisman-class destroyer

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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 01/06/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address 3 Cottage rear of 82 Canal St Derby Mother Mary Ann Father Joseph 1911 Census address 3 Perkins Yard Canal Street Derbyshire More info 1911 census: Schoolboy