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William Watson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: N/A
  • Rank: Lieutenant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Regiment/Service: Cyclist Corps
  • Unit/Ship: 64th Highland Division

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07.06.1893
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 6 Parklands Ave, Worthing
  • Occupation: Insurance Company Manager
  • Mother:

    Margaret Innes Peterson

  • Father:

    George Watson

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Mary Victoria Marchant

  • Children:

    Joyce, born 1929 & Ian born 1933

  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: July 1963
  • Place of Death: Worthing, Sussex
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery:

More about William Watson

Address in 1915: Bona Vista, 44 Hartington St., Dundee; Address in 1939 – 21 Box Ridge Avenue, Purley, Surrey England; Address in 1962: 6 Parklands Ave., Worthing

Regiments: Sgt: Highland Light Infantry 29071;  Lieut. 64th (Highland) Div. Cyclist Corps),

Occupation: 1912 – Insurance Clerk; 1939 – Insurance Company Manager and Secretary

Sgt. W Watson, H.L.I. (Dundee) (London Gazette 17 Apr. 1918).

DCM awarded: For Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led his platoon with great skill in an attack. On another occasion, during a raid on the enemy’s trenches, he established a block and held the enemy in check, covering the withdrawal of the party with the greatest coolness and determination.

Lt Watson took the Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate on 15th February 1917 at Sedgeford Military School in a Maurice Farman Biplane.

Information and image very kindly supplied by Pat Brownbill

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