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Francis Alfred Wilson

Rank Private RMLI
Service Number 17602
Born 26/03/1893 Attleborough

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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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Enlistment 27/08/1914 Next of kin address 35 Hallend Attleborough, Nuneaton, Warwickshire England Father Alfred Walter More info Date of enlistment: 27/08/1914.