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Arthur William Richardson

Rank Sergeant RMLI (Portsmouth Division)
Service Number 13162
Born 21/02/1886 Hurstbourne Tarrant, Andover

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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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Enlistment 10/10/1903 Next of kin address Lucy Ellen (nee Talmash or Talmarsh) (married 1909) c/o Mrs Talmash (or Talmarsh), West Street Porchester, Hampshire England Ellen Elizabeth (1879), Emily E (1884) Walter J (1881), Charles W (1889) Doris May (1910), Joyce E (1913) Mother Emily Father John More info Date of enlistment: 10/10/1903. Corporal 09/05/1909. Sergeant 28/11/1913. Commemorated in St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire.