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Herbert Bishop Fitzsimons

Rank Stoker 1st Class
Service Number SS 104107 (RFR B 5203)
Born 22/05/1887 Glasgow

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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 Next of kin address Lanarkshire Scotland Glasgow 42, Milton Street Partick Oscar and Matthew Fitzsimons Scotland Ida and Nancy Fitzsimons Mother Eliza Fitzsimons Father John Fitzsimons More info In 1901 lived at 3, Dingwall Street, Glasgow. He served as John Simmons. (Alternative identity: pob: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Nok address: 17 Camden Street, Forton Road, Gosport, Hampshire.)