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Private R WATSON

Service Number: 55740
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. H. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Watson, of 24, George St., Shettleston, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription "WE GRUDGED HIM SAIR TAE THE LAND O' THE LEAL"
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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