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Thomas Chalinor Ashcroft

Rank Stoker 1st Class
Service Number K 22511
Born 19/03/1895 Sheffield or 19/03/1896 Ecclesall Bierlow

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Portsmouth
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HMS Warrior

Class Warrior 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 Next of kin address Yorkshire England Sheffield 5 Woodseats House Rd Woodseats England 1911 Census: Not found. Mother possibly in Workhouse in 1911. Buried at sea Mother Rosetta (Rose) Father Thomas More info 1901 census: Lord Street, Sheffield