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SubLt. Robert Milne Porter C.de.G.
Royal Navy Reserve HMS Swiftsure
Robert Porter was serving on HMS Swiftsure at the outbreak of war in 1914. He may have participated in the Dardanelles expedition in February 1915. From March to May 1915 he was hospitalised with fever in Suez and returned home.
He later joined HMS Barham in August 1915 and fought at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, where he was wounded. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre.