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Frederick George Blackwell

Rank Stoker 1st Class
Service Number K 16517
Born 17/01/1892 London Wimbledon England

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Portsmouth
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HMS Invincible

Class Invincible 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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Died 31/05/1916 Lost at sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address 19, Gilbert Road Wimbledon London Mother Mrs. Susannah Blackwell (nee Frost) Father Mr. Homer Blackwell Brother John William (1885), Francis Arthur (1888), Charles Ernest (1894), Edward Homer (1896), Edward James (1898), Walter Stanley (1904) Sister Annie Emily (1890), Minnie Marie Haluce (1901)