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Gregory Thornton Hicks

Rank Acting Leading Stoker
Service Number K 10086
Born 17/04/1891 Crowle, Thorne

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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 Yorkshire England Doncaster 17, Trent Terrace Ealand, Crowle England Bessie (1904) Percy (1894), Francis Sydney (1895), William (1896), Ted Bernard (1900), Raymond (1905), Ronald, (1908) Mother Emily Jane Hicks Father William Hicks More info 1901 census: as Nok address. 06/01/1911 Stoker class 2 in RN. 29/09/1915 Acting Leading Stoker.