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PORTSMOUTH MEMORIAL REGISTER. The first part
(1914) records particulars of the loss of 1,917 ranks and ratings of the
Royal Navy, 1,524 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Good Hope" and "Bulwark". The
second part (1915) records particulars of the loss of 972 ranks and
ratings of the Royal Navy, 536 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Viknor", "Bayano",
"Goliath", "Princess Irene", "Lynx", and "Natal", and of four civilians
employed by the Admiralty. The third, fourth and fifth parts (1916,
divided alphabetically into three parts) record particulars of the loss of
4,485 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 567 of whom fell in H.M.S.
"Black Prince", "Defence", "Indefatigable", "Invincible", "Queen Mary",
"Tipperary", and "Hampshire", and of eight civilians employed by the
Admiralty. The sixth part (1917) records particulars of the loss of 1,269
ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 443 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Ghurka",
"Paragon", "Vanguard", "Begonia", "Partridge", and "Torrent", and of five
civilians employed by the Admiralty. The seventh part (1918-21) records
particulars of the loss of 1,086 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 249
of whom fell in H.M.S. "Narborough", "Opal", "Louvain", and "Glatton", and
of four civilians employed by the Admiralty. Each entry in these Registers
represents untimely death, and the bereavement of a family. Together they
represent the price paid by those families and the Empire for keeping our
shores inviolate; for moving here and there, as we would, greater Armies
than the Empire had ever before dreamed of raising; for confining to its
harbours, during almost the whole of four years, the greatest Navy except
our own; for annihilating enemy sea borne trade; and for a decisive share
in breaking the aggressive spirit of the German Government and people.
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