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Samuel Henry Robbins

Rank Private RMLI
Service Number 15758
Born 06/01/1893 or 06/01/1895 Whitley, Reading

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Portsmouth
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HMS Invincible

Class Invincible class Battle 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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Enlistment 21/07/1910 Next of kin address Berkshire England Reading 24, Mount Street England Mother Alice Robbins Father Samuel Henry Robbins More info 1901 census: 24 Mount Street, Reading. Date of enlistment: 21/07/1910.