Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
William Watson
Military Information
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- Rank: Trimmer
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- Regiment/Service: R.M.S. Carmania
- Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
- Place of Death:
- Age at Death: 45
- Date of Death: 27/11/1916
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Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 8 Grove Street, Dundee
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More about William Watson
Deaths at Sea gives William Watson’s home address as 8 Grove Street, Dundee. He was reported in Deaths at Sea as missing overboard in November 1916. The Cunard Liner Carmania had been requisitioned as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in 1914 and was severely damaged when she engaged and sank the German Commerce Raider, SMS Cap Trafalgar off the remote South Atlantic island of Trindade in September 1914. After repair she was employed as a Troop Ship, mainly for the transport of Canadian troops from May 1916.
Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie
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