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William Patrick McGrath

Rank Shipwright 1st Class
Service Number 340362
Born 17/03/1873 Queenstown

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Portsmouth
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HMS Queen Mary

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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Wounded Died 31 may 1916 Irish Yes Next of kin address County Cork Ireland Cork 19 Harbour View Queenstown Ireland Mother Mary McGrath Father John McGrath More info I have been unable to find a service record for William on the IWM (lives of the first world war). the 1911 census has him on a ship, not know which one.