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Latest revision as of 11:49, 4 January 2026
Personnel Entry
Name 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, and working as an Apprentice Bricklayer. He married Elizabeth Bridges (1935 - 2021) on 24/2/1955 at Wheatley Hill.
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