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Bernard Benfell

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J 23333
Born 06/03/1897 Dover

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Portsmouth
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HMS Black Prince

Class Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured 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 Enlistment 28/02/1913 Next of kin address Berkshire England Little Sandhurst Nr Camberley Ivy Bank House Longdown Road England Mother Mary Benfell Father Alexander Benfell More info Joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Sailor on 28/02/1913