Lieutenant Colonel THOMAS COLCLOUGH WATSON
Royal Engineers
Died 15 June 1917
Age 50 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Son of the late Thomas Colclough Watson, of Dovercourt, Essex; husband of Edith Watson, R.R.C., of 27, Courtfield Rd., South Kensington, London.
- Additional Citation note
An extract taken from the London Gazette dated 20th May, 1898 records the following :- "Thomas Colclough Watson, Lieut., Royal Engineers. (Mohmand Expedition). This officer, on the 16th Sept., 1897 at the village of Bilot, in the Mamund Valley, collected a few men of the Buffs (East Kent Regt.), and of No. 4 Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners, and led them into the dark and burning village to dislodge some of the enemy who were inflicting loss on our troops. After being wounded and driven back, he made a second attempt to clear the village, and only desisted after a second repulse and being again hit and severely wounded."
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