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Francis William Newbery

Rank Shipwright 2c
Service Number M 8245
Born 19/09/1892 Lyme regis

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Portsmouth
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HMS Galatea

Class Light Cruiser

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Decorations 1914-15 Star; Victory & British War medals Next of kin address Edith M Portsmouth 73 Emsworth Road England Mother Alice May Father Frederick James More info Enlisted 01/09/1914. Galatea Shipwrighr 2c 19/11/14 - 21/02/18. promoted Acting Warrant Shipwright on 22/02/18. Placed on retired list 15/01/1940. N44826/15 Commended for meritorious services rendered in action East of ?(illegible) on 30/12/15. (note this is the date on which HMS Natal was sunk by an internal explosion)