Watson, Harry

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 MILITARY CEMETERY, HAMPSHIRE, UK. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE BRAVELY ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY’S CALL HE GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE FOR ONE AND ALL”


First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
10382
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/08/1915
Place died:
NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, HAMPSHIRE, UK
Age:
19
15, VICTORIA TERRACE, STUDLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK