About Bertram Watson
Lived 1887 – 1976 (aged 89). Bertram Watson was a naval officer.
Vice-Admiral Bertram Chalmers Watson CB DSO (20 March 1887 – 22 July 1976) was a Royal Navy officer who became Rear Admiral, Submarines.
Naval career Watson served in the First World War and, after being promoted to captain on 31 December 1925, he became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Curlew in July 1932 and of the battleship HMS Valiant in August 1933. He went on to become Rear Admiral, Submarines in December 1938 and, after seeing action in that role in the early stages of the Second World War, went on to be Flag Officer Greenock in January 1940 and Flag Officer Commanding, Iceland in October 1943.
Later career In 1951, Watson presented Arthur Cecil Champion with a painting of the village church of St. Peter's & St. Paul's in appreciation of his thirteen years as vicar of Hambleton.
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Who was Bertram Watson?
naval Officer (1887–1976)
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Bertram Watson was born on 20 March 1887.
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Bertram Watson died on 22 July 1976.
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Bertram Watson was a naval officer.
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