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Private JOHN SPENCE WATSON

Service Number: 290259
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

G. 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Elsie Watson, of Crown Alley, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN JESUS BLESSED SLEEP FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKES TO WEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 357
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