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Corporal WILLIAM WATSON

Service Number: 4692446
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

VII. C. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emily Watson, of Manchester; husband of Gertrude Watson, of Newton Heath, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription NOT A DAY DO WE FORGET YOU, NEVER SHALL YOUR MEMORY FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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