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Evan Walter James Simmons

Rank Ordinary Signalman
Service Number J 28550
Born 12/05/1898 St Dogmaels, Cardigan

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Portsmouth
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Royal Hospital School

Established by a Royal Charter in 1712. The school was originally located at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich and moved to East Anglia in 1933

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HMS Queen Mary

Class Battle 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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School Royal Hospital School Died 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Wales Cardiff 39 St. Fagan's St Grangetown Wales Margaretta Margaret (1901), Violet May (1902) Albert Edward (1904), Cyril Lloyd (1906), Edward Lloyd (1908) Mother Elizabeth Father William James More info 1901 census: Trafalgar Road, Tenby, Pembrokeshire