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William Bowditch

Rank Ship's Corporal 1st Class
Service Number 207154
Born 09/01/1884 London Kensington

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Portsmouth
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HMS Invincible

Class Invincible 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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Next of kin address Kent England Sandwich Lynton, Ash Road England Mother Louisa Bowditch Father William Bowditch More info Alternative Nok address: 103 High Street, Dover, Kent