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William George Colquhoun

Rank Engineer Commander
Born 09/11/1877 nr Brompton, Chatham

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Portsmouth
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HMS Tipperary

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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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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Decorations 1914-15 Star; Victory & British War medals Wounded Died 1 Jun 1916 Next of kin address Robina Frances 4 The Fosseway Clifton, Bristol England Annie; Minnie Arthur; Robert Mother Isabella More info National Archives ADM196/130