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Leonard Joseph David Beeson

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J 25158
Born 18/08/1896 or 18/07/1896 Ramsgate or Kingsgate, St Peter's, Broadstairs

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Portsmouth
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HMS Tipperary

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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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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Next of kin address Yorkshire England Sheffield 118, Bradley Street Crookes England Winifred (1895), Lucy (1898), Lily (1900) Thomas (1891), Jack Evelyn (1902), Walter Percy (1904), Bertie Lesley (1907) Mother Hannah Maria Beeson Father Thomas Beeson More info Alternative Nok address: 132 Queens Road, Sheffield. 1911 census: Errand Boy. 105 York Street, Norwich, Norfolk. Baptised St Per's Broadstairs on 04/10/1896.