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Serjeant W WATTS

Service Number: 8059
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

Sp. Mem. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Order of St. George, 4th Class (Russia). Son of Mr. and Mrs. Watts, of Newton Heath, Manchester; husband of Eliza Watts.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER WITH THE LORD NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER
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Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1111
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