BORN HULL 01/11/1891. SON OF WILLIAM MOYES FORSTER (1837-1900) & ANN ELIZA WATSON (1848-1929) OF 24 SEWR LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 192 , SOMERSET STREET, HULL. ONE OF FOURTEEN CHILDREN. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED, AS A DRIVER AND GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY AND OFFICER ORDERLY. KILLED DURING HEAVY GERMAN HOWITZER SHELLING, ON 06/06/1917, AGED 25. HE LEFT A WIDOWED MOTHER AT 192 SOMERSET STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/07/1917. *
HIS BROTHER, ALBERT, ROYAL ENGINEERS, SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS.
First name:
JAMES WATSON
Military Number:
761422
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
06/06/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
