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Pte. Wiliam James Clawson
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Carrickfergus
William Clawson is my great grandfather, he served and was wounded in the Great War at Flanders. He has the 3 campaign medals of that time. V.M, W.M and the 1915 star.
When the 2nd War approached being too old to re-enlist he joined the Merchant Navy and was a stoker in the engine room. His ship the SS Caleb Sprague was torpedoed and sunk in the English channel by German E boats. His ship was one of three to go down that night. The torpedo hit the engine room according to a survivor's account and out of 32 crew only 5 survived.
Im very proud of this history and the great sacrifice my family made including my great uncle Merchant Seaman Henry Clawson who died in 1940 when the SS Privet sank.
