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Private JAMES WATKINS

Service Number: 235996
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Herefordshire Regiment

"C" Coy. 1st/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY

E. 44.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late William and Elizabeth Watkins, of Llangattock, Crickhowell, Breconshire; husband of Florence E. Watkins, of 10, Walmer St., Hereford.
  • Personal Inscription LIVE THOU AS I FOR ENGLAND DIED MUCH LOVED BY WIFE AND DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 1239
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