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Private JOHN WATSON

Service Number: 14555653
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY

IV.A.1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Winston and Gertrude Watson, of Thorpe Hesley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES: A SMILING FACE, A BROKEN LINK WE CAN NEVER REPLACE"
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Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 400
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