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Serjeant LESLIE THORPE WATSON

Service Number: 6340354
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PIHEN-LES-GUINES WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Nellie Watson; husband of Mary Watson, of Builth Wells, Brecknockshire.
  • Personal Inscription "I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH"
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Buried or commemorated at

PIHEN-LES-GUINES WAR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 150
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