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William Edward Wright

Rank Ordinary Seaman
Service Number J 19322 or J 19332
Born 14/12/1895 York

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Portsmouth
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HMS Queen Mary

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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Died 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Yorkshire England Leeds 5 Brooklyn Place, Hall Lane Armley England Mother Rachel or Rachael Carrass Father Robert