Cyril Vernon Tawney
Portsmouth
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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
Memorial DetailWounded Died 31 May 1916 Enlistment 08/06/1915 Next of kin address Hampshire England 6a Burnham Pl, Clarence Sq Gosport England Gosport Hampshire 6B Burnham Place England Mother Lily Elizabeth Father Stephen Dan More info Alternative pob: Portsea or Landport, Portsmouth. Date of enlistment: 08/06/1915. Cyril Tawney's nephew, also Cyril Tawney, was the submariner and folk singer famous for, among other works, "Diesel and Shale" and "The Grey Funnel Line"