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Robert Hume Lyal

Rank Acting Leading Stoker
Service Number K 10739
Born 22/02/1893 Edinburgh

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Devonport
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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured Cruiser

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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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Died 31/05/1916 Lost at sea Plymouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Roxburghshire Scotland Melrose Govanbank or Springbank Gattonside Scotland Mother Elizabeth Fairbairn Lyal Father William Lyal