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Private JAMES WILLIAM WATSON

Service Number: 24371
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. B. 177.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Godfrey and Elizabeth Ann Watson, of 6, Carlton Terrace, Yarm-on-Tees, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE WENT TO WAR FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE AND DIED THAT LOVE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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