Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James M. Watson
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 1914
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 38996
- Rank: Corporal
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- Awards: Military Medal
- Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
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- Address: 47 Milnbank Rd, Dundee
- Occupation: George Steven & Son, Ironmongers, Dundee
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More about James M. Watson
James M. Watson M.M. 38996 Royal Engineers
DUNDEE DESPATCH RIDER WINS MILITARY MEDAL.
Corporal James M. Watson, motor despatch rider, attached to the Royal Engineers, has been awarded the Military Medal. He is the only son of Mr and Mrs Watson, 47 Milnbank Road, Dundee, and gained his honour for carrying important despatches under heavy shell-fire. The gallant corporal enlisted a few months after the outbreak of war, and has been engaged as a despatch rider for almost two years.
He is twenty-eight years of age, and before the war was in the employment of George Stephen & Son, ironmongers, Dundee, with whom he served his time. He was slightly wounded in the face about six months after he went to the front.
Dundee Courier 14th November 1917
Information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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