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Wilfred Rowbotham

Rank Gunner RMA
Service Number 12894
Born 27/06/1894 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 Indefatigable

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 Enlistment 26/03/1912 Next of kin address Lincolnshire 51, Bath Street Grimsby England Father Thomas Rowbotham More info Date of enlistment: 26/03/1912