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Wilfred Howard Merritt

Rank Leading Stoker
Service Number K 8691
Born 09/07/1892 Winchester

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Portsmouth
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HMS Invincible

Class Invincible class Battle 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 Hampshire England Warsash 1, Hazelbrook Villas (or The Bungalow?) England Mother Deborah Merritt Father Charles Merritt