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Alfred John Silverson

Rank Stoker 1st Class
Service Number SS 101976 (RFR PO IC 494)
Born 01/09/1887 Henfield Common, Henfield

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Portsmouth
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HMS Black Prince

Class Duke of Edinburgh-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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Next of kin address Sussex England Henfield Henfield Common England Mother Jane Silverson (Lelliott) Father Alfred Silverson More info 1911 census: Bricklayer's labourer. 1901 census: Carter boy on farm ag horse. Commemorated on the Henfield Parish War Memorial.