Matthew Robson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 2 March 1899 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 10 March 1915.
Appointed a Signal Boy on 2 July 1915, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Indefatigable from 23 September 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 when Indefatigable was hit and sunk during the “Run to the South” in the opening phase of the battle.
She was the first ship sunk during the battle, with the loss of 1,017 men; there were just two survivors.
He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
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