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William (Willie) George Cannings

Rank Private RMLI
Service Number 18247
Born 07/08/1897 Medstead, Alton

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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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Enlistment 07/12/1914 Next of kin address Hampshire England 3 Rack & Manger Cottages Crawley Village, Winchester England Mother Mary Father James More info Date of enlistment: 07/12/1914.