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Marine MAURICE WATSON

Service Number: PO/X 124306(T)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

No. 42 R.M. Commando.

Date of Death

Died 15 March 1947

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY

7. A. 14.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Florence May Watson.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE WINDS OF HEAVEN TENDERLY BLOW O'ER THIS SWEET AND HALLOWED SPOT
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Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 695
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