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Private JOHN WILLIAM WATKINS

Service Number: 27557
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, HOLNON

I. H. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Julia Watkins, of 100, Ross Rd., Abergavenny, Mon.
  • Personal Inscription HE LEFT SO SWEET A MEMORY THAT STILL HE SEEMS TO LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, HOLNON
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 622
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