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 NAME:                      Bessant, Frederick Arthur
 RANK:                      Stoker 1st Class  (Able Seaman on memorial)
 UNIT:                      Royal Navy
 BATTALION ETC:             HMS Emile Nobel
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         K/35840
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of wounds 21st May 1919 received in action in Caspian Sea
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 33. Born 7th November 1885 at Totton & Eling, Hants. Joined navy 17th August 1916.
                            Son of Walter George & Sarah Bessant of Calmore, Totton, Southampton.