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Charles Gordon Bowerman

Rank Private RMLI
Service Number 17914
Born 24/06/1897 Oxford Cutteslowe

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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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Died 31/05/1916 Lost at sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Enlistment 29/09/1914 Next of kin address Water Eaton, Kidlington, Oxfordshire England Father William More info Date of enlistment: 29/09/1914.