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Joseph Gillespie

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J 21155
Born 22/02/1895 or 22/09/1895 Manchester

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Devonport
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HMS Broke

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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Plymouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is situated on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. There are 23,204 identified casualties listed of which 7,231 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by HRH Prince George on 29th July 1924

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Next of kin address 71 Elliott Street Bradford, Manchester England Catherine (Nok) Father Edward Gillespie