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Watt, Robert Donald If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Assistant Steward (RNCVR) |
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Official Number | VR-2532 |
Birth | 13/09/1898 | Death | 13/12/1917 |
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Biography |
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He was a plumber at the time of his recruitment into the navy. |
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He was appointed as an Assistant Steward RNCVR. He served in HMS Stephen Furness, an armed boarding steamer (former squadron supply vessel) that was torpedoed and sunk December 13, 1917 by the German submarine UB-64 in the Irish Sea. |
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http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=12603&; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021791/r-d-watt/ (website viewed 28/05/2023); |
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2015-11-12 00:00:00 |