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Private WILLIAM WATSON

Service Number: 201401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY

V. E. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Agnes Watson; husband of Mary Watson, of 9, Church Lane, Edinburgh. Born at Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription SELF SACRIFICE IS THE NOBLEST DEED IN LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 296
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