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Alfred George Palmer

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J 16459
Born 01/11/1895 London Peckham

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Portsmouth
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HMS Broke

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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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 Somerset England Stoke-Under-Ham (Grandfather's address) High Street George Palmer (grandfather) England Father George More info Father's address: 8 Tervil Street, Wandsworth Road, London. Enlisted 1 November 1913. Previously a carpenter's boy. Boy II - 6/5/1912 HMS Impregnable. Boy I - 9/8/1912 HMS Impregnable, 10/8/1912 HMS King Edward VII, 1/1/1913 HMS Victory I, 15/2/1913 HMS Hindustan. Ordinary Seaman - 1/11/1913 HMS Hindustan. AB - 30/10/1915 HMS Hindustan, 31/10/1915 HMS Excellent, 21/12/1915 HMS Victory I, 19/4/1916 HMS Broke.