John Francis Newnham
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 DetailDied 31/05/1916 Portsmouth Naval Memorial Wounded Lost at sea Enlistment 21/08/1913 Next of kin address Sussex England Earlsmere or 1 Laburnum Villa, Compton Road Lindfield, Haywards Heath England Mother Elizabeth Father Jesse More info Buried at sea Date of enlistment: 21/08/1913