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Corporal JOHN RITCHIE WATCHMAN

Service Number: 82063
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

VII. E. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Sarah Watchman, husband of Sarah Watchman, of 23, Thomas St., Felling-on-Tyne. Native of Felling.
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 803
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