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Lance Corporal JOHN TAWSE WATSON

Service Number: 9599
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

"A" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON CEMETERY, MAMETZ

Sp. Mem. B. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Watson, of 30, Church St., Portsoy, Banffshire. Enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders in 1907, served in India until 1913.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 102
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