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Robert Watterson, 1891-1917
Born, Castletown, IOM.


Name:
Robert Watterson
Age:
26
Birth Date:
abt 1891
Death Date:
19 Nov 1917
Cemetery:
Mercantile Marine Mem Part VIII
Burial Country:
England
Father:
John Watterson
Mother:
Catherine Watterson
Region or Memorial:
Memorial Register

Able seaman, SS Clangula,
Drowned as a result of an attack by a submarine.

Husband of Annie Watterson (nee Moore)
Married, St Cyprian, 11 August 1917.

Clangula was a 1,754grt British Merchant ship. On the 19th November 1917 when 4 miles SW ¾ W from Hartland Point, North Devon, England she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 15 lives lost including Master.


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