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Lance Corporal ALEXANDER HOGG WATSON

Service Number: 4/8722
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

III. E. 32.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jeanie Glen (formerly Watson), of 35, Martyr St., Townhead, Glasgow, and the late David Watson.
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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