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Able Seaman WILLIAM ERNEST GROVES

Service Number: J/20434(PO)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

F. 39.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lydia Groves, of 23, Knowsley Rd., Battersea, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Orkney United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 691
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