Main image of the feature
John Ephraim Burdett

Rank Private RMLI
Service Number 16739
Born 07/06/1897 Brimington, Chesterfield

External Link
Card image cap
Plymouth
Port Detail
Card image cap
HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured Cruiser

External Link Ship Detail
Card image cap
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

Memorial Detail

Decorations 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Enlistment 01/07/1914 Next of kin address Derbyshire England 14 or 16 Burnell Street Brimington, Chesterfield England Mother Mary Ann Father John James More info Date of enlistment: 01/07/1914. Royal Marine Brigade, Plymouth Battalion, 12/09/1914 to 19/11/1914; HMS Defence, 21/01/1915 to 31/05/1916.