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Percy James Wilmot

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

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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 Stoneleigh Cottage Worcester Park Mother Fanny Eliza Father Thomas Brother Thomas Arthur (1886), James Hugh (1887), George Edward (1888), Cecil John (1898) Sister Mary Elizabeth Fanny (1884), Daisy May (1890), Heather Olive (1892), Lilian May (1894), Ruth Alice (1900) 1911 Census address Stoneleigh Cottage Surrey More info 1911 Census: Apprentice motor and cycle engineering.