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John Richard King

Rank Boy 1st Class
Service Number J 31673
Born 09/10/1898 Plymouth Devonport

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Portsmouth
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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 Next of kin address Sussex England St. George Cottages Hurstpierpoint England Mother Annie Father Walter More info 1911 Census: Buried at Sea