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ROBERT WILLIAM JONES 1913-1975
Robert joined the family business after leaving school and worked there until the war when he joined the Merchant Navy and worked in the Surrey Commercial Dock on the tug named Margha. He would manoeuvre the barges into position so they could be loaded from the ships and then tow them into the main channel so they could be towed up or down the River Thames to their to their final destination.After the war he returned to the family business where he worked with his brother, Ted, building the boats but chose to leave it in the 1950's and pursued a career at Heathrow Airport.
He married Daisy Smith on the 3rd April 1943 and they had a son Robert born on 14th March 1944 and a daughter Janice born 29th June 1946.
Robert lived in Whitton, Twickenham all his married life. He died in 1975 and his wife died in 1999.
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