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BORN HULL 1884. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN KEY WATSON, A FARMER & FRANCES EMMA KEY (JACKSON). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS MAYFIELD, STEPNEY PAPER MILLS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 33. BURIED IN GERMANY. HE IS LISTED ON THE WALMSLEY STREET ROH PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH OCTOBER 1917. ALSO FEATURED IN THE HDM 26/02/18 &a […]

BORN HULL 1984. SON OF ABRAHAM & MARY JANE WATSON, OF 19, FIELD STREET, HULL & 115 , ABBEY STREET, HULL. (ADDRESS FROM CANADIAN WAR RECORDS.) HE WAS A RESERVIST AND HAD SERVED FOUR YEARS WITH THE HUSSRS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTCIE AT MESSRS, ROSE, DOWNS AND THOMPSONS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1911 AND ENLISTED THERE. S […]

BORN NEWLANDS, HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF BOYNTON WATSON (1872-1930) & BERTHA WRIGHT (1879-1934), OF 23, WAINFLEET AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. ENLISTED BEVERELY. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EYR. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR THREE MONTHS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 25/07/1916, AGED 16. COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD WATSON & ESTHER (ARCHER). A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 13/12/1913. HIS WIFE, EDITH (SPAVEN) WATSON & SON ENOCH, LIVED AT 158 , BEAN STREET, HULL. HE WAS A THIRD HAND ON THE FISHING VESSEL 'ST LAWRENCE, WHICH WAS SUNK ON 03/10/1914. ENOCH WATSON DROWNED, AGED 23. On September 30th, 1914 […]

BORN HULL 29/10/1893. SON OF THE MARTHA SARAH ANN BLOOM (1854-1940) & FREDERICK WATSON (1853-1914), AT 4, ELSIE GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRSS). HE HAD TWO BRORS AND SIX SISTER. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL TEAMER AT THE ALBERT DOCKS IN HULL. SYDNEY WAS EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER AT ALB […]

Born Hull, 1900. Son of Harry Watson (1853-1912) and Friederika Anna Maria Portz (1855–1915). He resided at, 4, Poplar Terrace, Bean Street, Hull (War Pension address). Served as Private, 75293, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died pf Tuberculosis, on 18/01/1922, aged 22.

BORN ALYSHAM, NORFOLK, 1890. SON OF ELIJAH JOHN WATSON (1865-1896) AND MARIA WATSON (1868-1947), OF MUSTARD HURN, MARKHAM, GREAT YARMOUTH. HIS GRANDMOTHER LIVED AT 7 , WILBERFORCE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS THIRD HAND ON THE  STEAM TRAWLER "INDUSTRIA". DROWNED 21/03/1917, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN HULL'S LOST TRAWLERMEN RECORDS AND […]

BORN HUNMANBY, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF THOMAS AND MARY ELIZA WATSON, OF HUNMANBY AND BRIDLINGTON. SON OF A GAS WORKS LABOURER. SECOND OF FOUR SONS. HE BOARDED AT 58 RUGBY STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]

BORN LEVEN, HULL, 1891. SON OF GEORGE POSKITT WATSON, OF 49 , WINCOLMLEE, HULL. A FORMER FARMER. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBED HIM AS 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL. 37 INCH CHEST, 144 LBS & CHURCH OF ENGLAND. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 01/05/1916. FORMERLY, OF THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, BASED IN PRESTON. HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE 07/10/1916. TRAN […]

Jack Watson was a well known Hull Fisherman. He worked for 15 years with the St Andrew's Fishing Company. He was washed away, on the Steam Trawler "Electric", and drowned with Joseph William Pettman, on 18/09/1916. Jack Watson left a widow and five children (three under 14), living at 13 Crown terrace, Walcott Street. His death was repor […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH, 1881. SON OF WILLIAM WATSON & EMILY BRAITHWAITE, 2 HERBERT'S TERRACE, WASSAND STREET AND 14 THORNE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS AND CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE R […]

Born 1891. Joseph Watson was lost at sea, aged 25 On 19/04/1916 the Hull steam trawler HAWK (H389) sank following a collision with the Brazilian s.s. CORCOVADO (3046 gt/ b 1890) in the North Sea, 5 miles north-east of Spurn Light-vessel, whilst outward bound from Hull towards Iceland. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wre […]

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 BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF EMMA BROOKS (1846-1922) & FREDERICK WATSON (1843-1904), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS.  HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. LIVED IN BEVERLEY. WORKED AS A CLERK FOR A COAL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/09/1916, AGED 30. BURIED AT CORBIE, ON […]

BORN HULL 1891. LIVED GLASGOW. ENLISTED AYR. SON OF HENRY WILSON WATSON (1855-1929) & MARGARET RAMSEY GLEN, OF 3 FREDERICK TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). BOTH PARENTS CAME FROM SCOTLAND. HIS FATHER WAS A HAIRDRESSER IN HULL. THE FAMILY LATER LIVED AT AT ASHTON UNDER LYME AND BLYTHSWOOD,  GLASGOW. HE ENLISTED IN AYR. […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN & EMMA WATSON, OF 6 BROOKSIDE VILLAS, GRANGE STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. EX 22728 DUBLIN FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, ON 06/09/1916. INVALIDED TO THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, WHALLEY, LANCASHIRE. RETURNED TO DUTIES WITH THE MACHINE GUN COPRS. KILLED IN ACTION, O […]

BORN HEDON 1881. SON OF THE LATE JAMES WATSON (1848-1909) AND MARGARET YETTS RUTHERFORD (1855-1920), of HOLYROOD HOUSE, HEDON, HULL. SON OF A SOLICITOR OF MESSRS, WATSON, CARRICK & SONS, PARLIAMENT STREET, HULL. HE BELONGED TO A FAMILY WELL KNOWN IN HULL AND HOLDERNESS. HE WAS EDUCATED AND TRAINED FOR A MILITARY CAREER AND HAD SEEN S […]

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 […]