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Lieutenant HENRY LEWIS WATSON

Service Number: 184805
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

7. A. 3.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Russell Watson and Sybil E. Watson, of North Cadbury, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription "I SAW THE POWERS OF DARKNESS PUT TO FLIGHT, I SAW THE MORNING BREAK"
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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