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William Bronte Neville

Rank Leading Seaman
Service Number 233249
Born 11/07/1887 Basingstoke

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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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Died 31/05/1916 Lost at sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Emily Neville (nee Young) (married 1915) 4 Mildmay Terrace Hartley Witney, Winchfield, Hampshire England Walter Edward Neville (21/07/1896 or 31/07/1896) Mother Kate Neville Father Frank Neville More info Commemorated in St John's Church, Hartley Withey, Hampshire. His brother, AB Walter Edward Neville, J 17134, was also killed on HMS Black Prince