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Private ALEXANDER PORTERFIELD WATT

Service Number: 301692
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 November 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

IX. A. 7.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Charles Watt and Catherine Robertson Graham Watt; husband of Nellie Jeanie Murray Steele (formerly Watt), of 18/3, Begg's Buildings, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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