Regiment: South African Infantry Brigade 7th Battalion

Last Name
Address
Narrative
Watson DCM, MID, William Robert
2nd Lieutenant
South African Infantry Brigade 7th Battalion
208 HOWARD AVENUE, HOWARD AVENUE, BENONI, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA
       
Died on
28/06/1917
       
Aged
40
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 […]