WATSON Lewis Turnbull

  • First Name(s):
    Lewis 
    Turnbull 
  • Surname:
    WATSON
  • Service Number:
    CJX174071
  • Rank:

    Convoy Signalman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS President III
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th February 1942
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England, Panel 59, Column 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Thomas and Jessie Robertson Watson, of Redditch, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WATSON Lewis Turnbull Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch County High School now Trinity High School WW2 Memorial
Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About WATSON Lewis Turnbull

HMS President III was a shore establishment. Based initially in Bristol and then in Windsor, it was the headquarters and accounting base for personnel on Defensively Armed Merchant Ships.

At some point Lewis Watson was assigned to the merchant ship SS Empire Spring. On 2nd February 1942 the ship sailed in convoy from Mersey bound for Halifax, Canada. The convoy dispersed on 15th February and the Empire Spring went missing. It is believed she was hit by a torpedo from U-576 and sunk with the loss of her entire crew.

The following information is courtesy and copyright of Trinity High School, Redditch and was taken from the Commemorative Memorial Book donated to the school by the RCHS Old Students Association:
Lewis Watson attended Redditch County High School from 1932 to 1938. He was serving as Leading Signalman to the Commodore on Atlantic convoys. Early in 1942 his ship was torpedoed and he was reported missing, presumed killed.
Photo in book.

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