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|Surname and forenames=Watson William
 
|Surname and forenames=Watson William
 
|Army number=4455776
 
|Army number=4455776
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
|Age=23
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|Age=23 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority Casualty L.
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 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.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority Casualty L.
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|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
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|Company/Battery=C Company.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
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|Promotions=None known.
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|Wounded=Not yet known.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
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|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 14, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : IN MEMORY OF MY FAITHFUL SON. EVER REMEMBERED BY FATHER, SISTERS AND BROTHER.
|Home address=Son of William and Martha Watson, Gateshead.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 14, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
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|Home address=Son of William and Martha Watson, Gateshead. 
 
|Image Name=Watson_W_4455776.JPG
 
|Image Name=Watson_W_4455776.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte W Watson's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte W Watson's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 11 March 2022

Personnel Entry

Pte W Watson's CWGC headstone.
Pte W Watson's CWGC headstone.

Name Watson William
Army number 4455776
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1916/17.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 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. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority Casualty L.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 14, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : IN MEMORY OF MY FAITHFUL SON. EVER REMEMBERED BY FATHER, SISTERS AND BROTHER.
Home address Son of William and Martha Watson, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS