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Reginald Edwin Tanner

Rank Leading Telegraphist
Service Number J 22574
Born 03/05/1896 Corsham, Chippenham

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Portsmouth
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HMS Tipperary

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 Priory Street Corsham, Wiltshire England Winifred, Gladys Maud George Mother Annie (nee Brooks) Father Alfred George More info 1901 census: Easton, Corsham, Wiltshire. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and on the Corsham War Memorial.