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James Leslie Colton

Rank Lance Sergeant
Service Number RMA 11374
Born 01/02/1887

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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured 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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Next of kin address Surrey England Elizabeth Weston Colton Chobham Mother Elizabeth Colton Father Robert Colton