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William George Taylor

Rank Gunner (previously a Petty Officer)
Service Number 162266 (as a rating)
Born 27/04/1876 Littlehampton

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Portsmouth
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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured 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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Decorations 1914-15 Star; Victory & British War medals Wounded Died 31 May 1916 Next of kin address England More info As a rating record at national archives ADM188/239/162266