Robert was on Her Majesty's Troopship "Ivernia" when it was sunk by a U-boat on 1st January 1917 near Crete. It is believed Robert was on his way to Egypt at the time. [Robert's family kept an original photograph following the sinking but it was also produced in the Daily Mirror and the book 'The WW1 Times History of the War'. (Image courtesy of Robert's family)]