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George Henry Francis McCarten

Rank Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Service Number 270023
Born 02/12/1876 Cornbrook, Warwick

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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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Decorations DSM (Gazette'd 03/03/15) Wounded Died 31 May 1916 Next of kin address 1 Gordon Villas, Bowerham Road Bowerham, Lancaster, Lancashire England Mother Alice (cwgc record), Rose (1881 census) Father Edward (1881 census) More info Joined HMS Invincible ERA1c 03/08/14, promoted to CERA 2c 16/08/15. DSM awarded 02/03/15, NP II 3485/21, mentioned in dispatches vide London Gazette 03/03/15.