Watson John Ball Pte 4459444

Personnel Entry

Private Watson's CWGC gravestone.

Name Watson John Ball
Army number 4459444
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyong Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. DIED between 10/5/40 and 31/5/40, Authority:- R/Casualty.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action 21-May-40. No details of initial interment. Buried Boisleux au Mont Communal Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads: I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.
Home address Son of Robert Harland and Helen Watson, Willington Quay, Northumberland.
Source table 1TS

Photo Credit David Marez TWGPP]]