BORN SOUTH CAVE 1896. SON OF ROBERT AND CHARLOTTE WATSON, OF 21 PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL. SON OF A GAS COMPANY WORKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE WORKED WITH HIS BROTHERS AS OIL CAKE MANUFACTURERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/10/1915, AGED 19. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4711, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS (“C” SPECIAL BRIGADE., R.E.). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/06/1917, AGED 21. LISTED AS HULL CASUALTY IN THE HDM 29/06/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER AT 8 ARCH AVENUE, HOLMES STREET, HULL
HIS ELDEST BROTHER, ALFRED, SERVED AS PRIAVTE, 1054, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND RECEIVED A WAR PENSION.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
220365
Rank:
Pioneer
Date Died
02/06/1917
Place died:
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
21
8 ARCH AVENUE, HOLMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
