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James Ernest Poyner

Rank Signalman
Service Number J 17553
Born 04/10/1896 Kidderminster

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Devonport
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HMS Nessus

Class Admiralty M class Destroyer

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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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Next of kin address Worcestershire England Kidderminster 57, Park Villas Sutton Road England Mother Mary Poyner