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Cecil Claud Brown

Rank Ordinary Seaman
Service Number J/29808
Born 17/03/1898 Halstead

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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured 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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Died 31/05/1918 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address 16 Bois Street, North Street Halstead, Essex England Father Edward More info Home port: Portsmouth