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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Watson Francis George
|Army number=14508501
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=19/8/1924 at Thornley, Durham.
|Age=69 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Conscripted into the General Staff Corps - date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to The Durham Light infantry and posted to the 10th Battalion - date not yet known.  Served Normandy.  Wounded?.  Posted to ? Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12/4/1946.  Documents to Section 3/5/1946.  KOYLI Enlistment Books for the period not available.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet ascertained, but on being posted to the 10th DLI.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Yes, possibly - Normandy - date not recorded.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 30/4/1994 at Wheatley Hill, Durham, aged 69 and buried in Wheatley Hill Cemetery.
|Home address=Father - Francis George Watson 1893 - 1956.    In 1939 Francis was resident at 3, Chapel Street, Easington.  He married Elizabeth Bridges (1935 - 2021) on 24/2/1955 at  Wheatley Hill.
|Image Name=234642490_d9681b4f-0e17-4d31-b627-09dc91edf1fb.jpeg
|Image Title=Family headstone in Wheatley Hill Cemetery - courtesy of the Find A Grave Website,
}}