The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private A Watson
Private Alfred WATSON, G/19463, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 12th October 1917.
Born Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
Enlisted Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, age 32 years & 353 days, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 132lbs, large scar left neck. Resided 11 Sherwin Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Formerly saddler harness maker.
Next of Kin - (Sister) - Florence Edith Green, 51 Florence Street, Monks Road, Lincoln.
Home 11th December 1915 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 12th October 1917.
11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 3rd April 1917, mobilized; 5th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Service No.83292; 28th June 1917, embarked / disembarked; 21st July 1917, 14 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;
20th April 1918 - Probate - Alfred Watson, 51 Florence Street, Lincoln, Private, 7th Royal West Kent Regiment, died 12th October 1917 in France or Belgium. Administration (with Will) London 20th April to Florence Edith Green, (wife of John Green). Effects £443 6s 9d.
13th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - (completed by sister Florence Edith Green, 51 Florence Street, Lincoln, with whom deceased made his home) - Widow, none, bachelor; Children, none, bachelor; Father, dead; Mother, dead; Brothers - Trafford Watson, age 57, Saxby, Lincoln; William Watson, 33Drake Street, Gainsborough; Frederick Watson, Metheringham, Lincoln; John Edmun? Watson, Saxby, Lincoln; Ebenezer Watson, Metropole? Hotel, Blackpool; Sisters - Mary Jane Bond, Scopwick, Lincoln; Tabitha Stopper, Ship Hotel, Horncastle; Rose Smith, 9 Airedale Place, Green Lane, Baildon; Florence Edith Green, age 42, 51 Florence Street, Lincoln.
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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