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John Edgar James Drover

Rank Private RMLI
Service Number 17684
Born 18/05/1897 Southampton Bursledon

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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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Enlistment 04/09/1914 Next of kin address Hampshire England Southsea 3, Brighton Cottages Marmion Road England Mother Ellen Drover (nee Coleburn) Father James Drover More info Date of enlistment: 04/09/1914.