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Alfred Freshwater

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J/9950
Born 14/03/1895 Great Grimsby

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Royal Hospital School

Established by a Royal Charter in 1712. The school was originally located at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich and moved to East Anglia in 1933

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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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School Royal Hospital School Died 31/05/1916 Killed in Action Battle of Jutland Portsmouth Naval Memorial Wounded Killed in Action Next of kin address Lincolshire Grimsby 19, Ward Street New Cleethorpes England Mother Sarah Freshwater Father Edward Freshwater