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Captain WILLIAM WATSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

II. P. 4.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Alice Watson, of Oldham; husband of Minnie Watson, of 43, North Drive, St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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