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Rifleman WILLIAM WATSON

Service Number: 11/19301
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SPANBROEKMOLEN BRITISH CEMETERY

B. 5.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ellen Watson, of Leymore, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS SAID COME UNTO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST
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Buried or commemorated at

SPANBROEKMOLEN BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 58
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