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Second Lieutenant JAMES ROBY WATSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

175th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 02 December 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. A. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Zenath Watson, of 41, Glynne St., Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription ONE CROWDED HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIFE IS WORTH AN AGE WITHOUT A NAME

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Buried or commemorated at

RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 295
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