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248175 SPO. William "Skin" Robertson Royal Navy HMS Stanley from:Cambuslang, Lanarkshire William Robertson was born on 30th April 1918, and joined the Royal Navy at age 21 as Stoker 2nd Class. His first ship was the HMS Royal Arthur, which he served on from 21st March 1940 until 25th April 1940. He then served time on the HMS Drake, HMS Titania, HMS Drake (again), HMS Stanley (until it was torpedoed on 19th December 1941 - he was one of only 25 survivors) back onto the Drake, Caradoc, Valiant, Drake, Mount Stewart and finished his service again on the HMS Drake on 5th May 1946, by which time he had been promoted to Stoker Petty Officer. He spoke with a broad Glaswegian accent and was very slim, hence his nickname "Skin". He married after the war and went on to have seven children and lived until his 66th year. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.