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Born Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, North Yorkshire, on 22/06/1873. Son of Tom Bailey (1845-1826) and Sarah Watson; Husband of Mary Jane (Thorp) Watson, of  34 Market Place, Beverley and later 19, Avondale Terrace, Shirebrook, Mansfield. Educated at Middlesbrough. A former labourer. He joined the army at Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1895, aged […]

BORN HULL 1889. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE ROSENDALE WATSON & MRS MARY ELIZABETH WATSON, OF BRANTINGHAM. HIS FAMILY RAN A MACHINE THRESHING BUSINESS IN BRANTINGHAM WHICH HE WORKED FOR. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLEY, PRIVATE, 3945 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. WENT TO FRANCE IN JULY 1 […]

BORN SOUTH CAVE 1896. SON OF ROBERT AND CHARLOTTE WATSON, OF 21 PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL. SON OF A GAS COMPANY WORKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE WORKED WITH HIS BROTHERS AS OIL CAKE MANUFACTURERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/10/1915, AGED 19. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4711, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS ("C" SPE […]

BORN HULL 1896. SCULCOATES. SON OF JANE & LATE JAMES WATSON, OF 15, VICTORIA TERRACE, STUDLEY STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER (1911 CENSUS) ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED ABROAD ON 11/07/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS FROM GALLIPOLI, AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, NETLEY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JANE. HE IS BURIED AT NETLEY MILITA […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM WATSON (1862-1926) & CHARLOTTE PRICE (1863-1955), OF 21, PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL AND 6, BROOKSIDE VILLAS, GRANGE STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/08/1918, AGED 20 […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1897. HULL POST OFFICE WORKER. SON OF JOSEPH & ADA WATSON. ENLISTED IN LONDON. EX 5710 8TH LONDON REGIMENT. HIS FATHER WAS AN OLD SOLDIER WHO HAD SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE EAST YORKS, AND RE-ENLISTED. HIS BROTHER SERVED AT SEA. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED ON 9TH OCTOBER. HIS DEATH WAS CONFIRMED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL […]

BORN KIRKBY SEXTON, YORKS 1888. SON OF THOMAS WATSON (1851-1926) & ELIZABETH PARKER (1859-1910). HE MARRIED, ON  05/11/1907. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE DANIEL (1898-1960). ENLISTED FERRYHILL, DURHAM. SERVED IN THE 1/7TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (HULL RAILWAY PALS). LISTED AS HULL CASUALTY. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FLORENCE […]

BORN ANDERSTON, GLASGOW 1889. SON OF MRS CURTIS OF 13 EGTON VILLAS, ST MARKS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A GAS FITTER FOR THE EAST HULL GAS COMPANY. HE LIVED AT 25 TORRINGTON STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN 1914, JOINING THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. T […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT AND HANNAH WATSON, OF 40 CLIFTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 10TH MIDDLESEX (TERRITORIAL) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION 01/10/1917, AGED 20. HE LEFT £193 IN HIS WILL TO JOHN WATSON, QUANTITY SURVEYOR. COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM AND FAMILY GRAVE, AT ST […]

BORN HULL, 1896. SON OF ESTHER JANE WATSON, OF 47 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE BALFOUR STREET MEMORIAL (HDM 06/10/1916). ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLE […]

Albert (Alf) Watson , 11/979, East Yorkshire Regiment, was reported as died of wounds in the Hull Daily Mail on 11/07/1918, with his photograph.* He formerly worked for the Hull & Barnsley railways. He had served in Egypt and France. Already been previously wounded on 31/08/1916, 31/03/1918, 02/05/1918. He lived at 5 Maple Street, Q […]

BORN HULL 14/01/1883.  SON OF THE LATE JOHN HENRY & ELIZABETH WATSON, OF 58, WITTY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS WIFE MARGARET ANN WATSON LIVED AT 84, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE FORMERLY WORKED FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN STEAM FISHING COMPANY. HE WAS KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION, ON THE TRAWLER 'OTHELLO II', WITH SEVEN OTHER CREW, WHE […]

BORN BELFAST 1897. SON OF ELLEN JANE WARD. HE LIVED IN WAKEFIELD AND HULL. KNOWN AS 'JERRY' WATSON. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS. BLUNDELL & SPENCE LTD, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER, WHO PLAYED FOR THE WORKS TEAM, WITH 'WILF' COLLEY. JERRY WATSON WAS DESCRIBED AS "A 'CENTER THREE QUARTER' OF GR […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS WATSON & JEMIMA TOMLINSON, OF 7 ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED IN 1913, AGED 16. WIFE ELSIE REBECCA (SENIOR). A FORMER BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 18. COMMEMORAT […]

Born Cottingham, 1890. James was the youngest of four children to Arthur (1859-1894) and Edith Watson (1858-1903), of Wood House, Cottingham. The 1911 Census finds him living with his siblings at 38 Victoria Avenue, Hull and working as a Bank Clerk. War changed all that forever. James queued in the long uneven lines of 1st September 1914 […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF ROBERT LAWSON WATSON (1853-1923) & ELIZABETH WATSON - 14 BANK STREET, HULL (1881 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF J S WATSON, OF 204 HOWARD AVENUE, BENONI, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA. SERVED IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA IN 1916 , WITH THE 7TH SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY. HE DIED ON 28/06/1917, AGED 40, WHILE UNDER OPERATION ON HIS KNEE. H […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF DR. GEORGE HENRY & KATE WATSON, OF 192 HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS PRACTICING MEDICINE. HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR NINETEEN MONTHS. WOUNDED ON HE SOMME ON 16/09/1916 AND DIED OF WOUNDS TWO DAYS […]

BORN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. ENLISTED ENDINBURGH. WIFE MARY. LIVED AT 29 WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)ACCORDING TO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 9TH ROYAL SCOTS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT NO:41 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 31/03/1918. HIS AMRY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY. BURIED AT NAM […]

BORN ST LUCIA, WEST INDIES 1884. SON OF MARY ELIZABETH & GEORGE AUGUSTUS WATTLEY. WIFE FLOENCE EMMA LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. The British trawler Andromache was on her way back from the fishing grounds of Iceland, when on April 14th 1917, she was stopped west of the Shetlands by the German submarine U-78 (Otto Dröscher). The master was […]

BORN 1888. SON OF FLORENCE WATTON, 11 HOWE STREET, OFF JENNINGS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). The steam Trawler, Halcyon, was built by Cochrane & Cooper, Ltd., Beverley in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by J. Leyman Jr. was a British trawler of 190 tons. On February 19th, 1917, Halcyon was sunk by a mine from the German submar […]