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William John Merritt

Rank Ship's Steward Assistant
Service Number M 12106
Born 09/09/1892 London Bethnal Green

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HMS Broke

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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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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Died 31/05/1916 Lost at sea Plymouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address London 96, Brougham Road Dalston England Mother Jane Merritt Father James Merritt More info Home port: Portsmouth