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Private CHARLES JOHN WATSON

Service Number: 20804
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART

C. 42.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charlotte Watson, of Black St., Martham, Great Yarmouth.
  • Personal Inscription FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST TO DIE IS GAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 548
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