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Rifleman DONALD JOSEPH WATSON

Service Number: 6923947
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

IX. A. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Annie Elizabeth Watson, of Metheringham, Lincolnshire.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD COULD HOLD, ALWAYS A SMILE AND A HEART OF GOLD

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Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2175
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