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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.
