Portsmouth
Port DetailPortsmouth 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
Memorial DetailDied 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Enlistment 20/10/1914 Next of kin address Yorkshire England 68 Union Street Harrogate England Mother Amy Chapman More info Previous occupation: Errand boy. War Memorial St Peters Church Harrogate, North Yorkshire https://www.flickr.com/photos/bolckow/7131736339/in/album-72157703310173882/ One of the names recorded is CHAPMAN Edward Deighton. In 1901 he was living with his parents at 22 Tower Street, Harrogate aged 4. Trained at H.M.S. Ganges, Shore Base as Boy Class 2 aged 16 from the 19th September 1912 to 13th February 1913. Boy Class 1 still at Ganges, leaving on the 25th March 1913. On the 26th March 1913 still Boy Class 1 now on HMS Edgar, HMS Noctine from 5th August 1913 to 15th September 1913. Now on HMS Queen Mary as of the 16th March 1913. The 30th April 1914 now Ordinary Seaman, 7th January 1915, Able Seaman still on the Queen Mary. He enlisted on the 20th October 1914 for a period of 12 years