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Private JAMES WATSON

Service Number: 2753041
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1940

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Ann Munro Watson, of Arbroath, Angus.
  • Personal Inscription THE EVENING STAR SHINES O'ER THE GRAVE OF ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle France
Number of casualties: 803
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