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Sydney George Brown

Rank Canteen Assistant
Service Number Admiralty civilian
Born 01/01/1896 Portsmouth

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HMS Lion

Class Lion-Class Battlecruiser

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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 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Hampshire England Portsmouth 121 New Rd Buckland England Portsmouth Hampshire 121 New Road England Mother Ellen Jane Tickle (Formerly Brown) Father Charles W More info 1911 Census: Clerk, brewery. Buried at sea