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Chief Stoker JOHN SAWKINS

Service Number: 280187
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Negro."

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1916

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

17.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Son of John and Alice Sawkins, of Nonington, Dover; husband of Mabel Caroline Black (formerly Sawkins), of 5, Edward VII Villas, Bredhurst Rd., Rainham, Kent. Awarded Naval General Service Medal (Persian Gulf).
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