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WILLIAM BURNARD
BORN MORICE TOWN, DEVONPORT, DEVON, 24/05/1869. SON OF THOMAS AND SUSAN BURNARD.
HE WENT TO SEA ON 04/05/1887. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, AUBURN HAIR, BLUE EYES.
HE MARRIED IN 1892. SERVED AS A SHIP'S FIREMAN, IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON THE HULL STEAMER "ADRIATIC".
LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, AT SEA, ON 31/10/1916, AGED 47.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON
Greater London EC3N 4AL
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