Service Details
Name:
 McCLUGHAN
Given Name:
 ROBERT CECIL THOMAS
Initials:
 R C T
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Cerinthus (London)
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Date of Death:
 1943-01-01
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Date of Birth:
 1914-09-17
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Cerinthus SS was a British Steam Tanker of 3,878 tons built in 1930. On the 10th November 1942 when on route from LONDON & OBAN for FREETOWN in ballast she was torpedoed by U-128 and sunk by gunfire. Died in lifeboat from exposure and starvation
Additional
Information:
Son of Hugh McClughan and Elizabeth (nee Boardman) McClughan. Born Bellair, South Africa. Educated Epsom Road School, Durban. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Cadet Draft 1929-30. After leaving General Botha, became an apprentice in the Merchant Navy.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 27.

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