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Private HERBERT WATSON

Service Number: 19/1294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

XXXV. F. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Rowena Watson, of 27, Hall Crescent, Horden Colliery. Enlisted in 1915.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE NO MAN HATH THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7137
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