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NAME:                      Cresswell, John Leslie
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Royal Marine Light Infantry
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Good Hope
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         PO/15838
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 1st November 1914
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 20. Born 11th March 1893 at St Andrews, Deal, Kent.
                           Son of Samuel and Marianne Cresswell of 18 North End Avenue, North End, Portsmouth.
                           Another source gives mother as Margaret of 24 Cambridge St, Somerset Road, Portsmouth