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NAME:                      Black, Robert
RANK:                      Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
UNIT:                      Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Opal
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         269930
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Drowned 12th January 1918 when ship run aground and broke up
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         DSM, posthumously ref london gazette 8th March 1918.
                           Born 8th March 1872 at Edinburgh, Midlothian. Joined navy 6th November 1899.
                           Husband of Marjory Black of 64 North End Grove, Portsmouth.