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Lieutenant WALTER JOHN MOWBRAY WATSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

249th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

Valley Cottages Cem. Mem. H. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly North Staffordshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Blanche Mary Watson (nee Branston), of The Shieling, Station Rd., Hampton Wick, Kingston-on-Thames, and the late John Mowbray Watson, of Edinburgh. Born at Edinburgh. Obtained Commission in 9th Bn. North Staffordshire Regt., Feb., 1915.
  • Personal Inscription DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
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