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Vivian George Chambers Willatts

Rank Gunner RMA
Service Number 13741
Born 23/01/1895 or 23/01/1896 Minstead Manor, Lyndhurst

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Portsmouth
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HMS Lion

Class Lion-Class Battlecruiser

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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 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Died 31/05/1916 Portsmouth Naval Memorial Enlistment 14/10/1913 Next of kin address Hertfordshire England Clay End Walkern Stevenage England Amy (1888) Frome Gilbert (1889), Lewis (1895), Henry (1898) Somerset 1 Naighes Street England Mother Eliza (Elizabeth) Father Walter More info 1911 Census: Apprentice grocer. Charles Cullimore 1901 census: Gillingham Road, Mere, Wiltshire Date of enlistment: 14/10/1913 Buried at sea