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Private FRANCIS JOSEPH WATSON

Service Number: 47485
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY

V. B. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Isola Watson, of Church St., Bawtry, Yorks. Native of North Cave, Brough, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 805
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