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. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH KING’S OWN LANCASTER REGIMENT, ON 16/10/1916. DIED OF HEAD WOUNDS, 29/09/1917, AGED 26. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS PENSION WENT TO HIS FATHER GEORGE. HIS BROTHER LIVED 183 BLENHEIM STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/12/1918.
HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LEVEN WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL.
First name:
FRED
Military Number:
27621
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/09/1917
Place died:
Brandhoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
