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|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
| + | |Date of birth=Born 1916/17. | ||
|Age=23 | |Age=23 | ||
| − | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, | + | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date, but likely to have been Spring/Summer 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, Category "B", Authority L. Casualties. |
| + | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | ||
|Home address=Grandson of George and Mary Ann Watson, High Spen. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 4, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux. | |Home address=Grandson of George and Mary Ann Watson, High Spen. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 4, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux. | ||
| + | |Image Name=Watson_H_4459443.JPG | ||
| + | |Image Title=Pte H Watson's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Revision as of 17:44, 22 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Watson Herbert
Army number 4459443
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1916/17.
Age 23
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date, but likely to have been Spring/Summer 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, Category "B", Authority L. Casualties.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40
Home address Grandson of George and Mary Ann Watson, High Spen. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 4, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
Source table 1TS
