BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JAMES & LAVINIA WATSON, OF 16 SOVEREIGN PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL . MARRIED TO ANNIE WITH FOUR CHILDREN. EX RECKITTS WORKER AT THE MORLEY STREET PLANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST SIZE, GOOD VISION, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/05/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 11/07/1917, AGED 39. BURIED AT ERVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE E WATSON AND FOUR CHILDREN, RICHARD, LILLIAN, GEORGE AND HARRY. HIS WIDOW REMARRIED AND BECAMES MRS WINSLIP MOVING TO 3 MYRTLE GROVE, LORRAINE STREET HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE IS BURIED AT ERVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
31083
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/07/1917
Place died:
ERVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
39
3 MYRTLE GROVE, LORRAINE STREET HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
