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Ernest Edwin Prouse

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J 9948
Born 14/03/1895 Stonehouse, Devonport

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Devonport
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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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Plymouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is situated on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. There are 23,204 identified casualties listed of which 7,231 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by HRH Prince George on 29th July 1924

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School Royal Hospital School Died 31/05/1916 Lost at sea Plymouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Devon England Plymouth 67, St Leonard's Road England Mother Tryphena Prouse Father Edwin Prouse