I was photographing war graves near Oban for the War Grave Photographic Project today.

One of the outstanding oneS that I did was Chief Officer Neil McDougall MORTON, the inscription on the grave seemed unusual so I looked it up when I got home and the incident was a major scandal at the time. The ship was torpedoed 200 miles from land, the 41 survivors were told to get on the hull of the U-Boat. The lifeboats were then sunk and most of them had their life jackets taken from them and all had their outer clothing taken. The U-Boat then submerged, there were only three survivors.

I have a picture of the grave if there is anyone connected to his family.

IN
SACRED AND LOVING MEMORY
OF
NEIL McDougall MORTON
OF SUNDERLAND
AGED 27 YEARS
CHIEF Officer OF BELGIAN PRINCE
TORPEDOED AND CRUELLY
MURDERED BY THE HUNS
ON 31 JULY 1917
(BODY WASHED ASHORE AT CUAN FERRY
ON 23RD SEPT)
HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT
WE MIGHT NOT STARVE
ERECTED
BY HIS MOTHER