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Percy James Wilmot

Rank Signalman
Service Number J 23264
Born 26/06/1896 Holmwood, Dorking

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Portsmouth
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HMS Ardent

Class Acasta class Destoyer

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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 01/06/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Surrey England Stoneleigh Cottage Worcester Park England Mary Elizabeth Fanny (1884), Daisy May (1890), Heather Olive (1892), Lilian May (1894), Ruth Alice (1900) Worcester Park Thomas Arthur (1886), James Hugh (1887), George Edward (1888), Cecil John (1898) Surrey Stoneleigh Cottage England Mother Fanny Eliza Father Thomas More info 1911 Census: Apprentice motor and cycle engineering.