View source for Watson Fred 2/Lt 138541

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Watson Fred
|Army number=138541
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=T.E.M. 24/11/1953
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=0
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 4/7/1940.  Posted to No 4 ITC Brancepeth 6/7/1940.  Posted and joined 10th Bn DLI 10/7/1940.  Served Iceland.  Left 10th Bn by January 1942.  Posted 30th Bn DLI by May 1942.  Transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Admin) 27/10/1942.  Unemployed list 1945 as Hon Captain
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ.
|Task or role=Signals Officer.
|Joined Brigade=9/7/1940.
|Promotions-W/S Lt 4/1/1942, T/Captain 17/12/1943. 
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

''It is believed that 2/Lt Watson was described as "L" Watson in the War Diary - and that this was a typing error.''