John Augustine Blatchford
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
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
Memorial DetailDecorations Naval General Service Medal (Persian Gulf) School Royal Hospital School Died 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Irish Yes Next of kin address Devon England Devonport 33, Charlotte Street Morice Town Ireland Mother Emmelina Blatchford Father William Blatchford More info HMS Black Prince Alternative Nok address: 7 Portland Place, Morice Town, Devonport