Corporal John Smith Watson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Watson, John Smith

Date of birth: 1886-03-13

Place of birth: Scotland

Next of kin: Aberdeen

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Accountant

Occupation (normalized): Accountant, General

Date of death: 1918-05-05

Cause of death: Died of wounds

Buried: Glasgow Western Necropolis, P. 2465.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 63779

Highest Rank: Corporal

Rank detail

Corporal (British Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: Wounded 11 April 1918

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Grave of Corp. J. S. Watson

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 666407

Uploader's Notes:

From Letters from the Front, Imperial Bank of Canada

Corporal. Born 12th March, 1886, at Aberdeen, Scotland. Father, Patrick William Watson, Commission Agent. Educated at Gordon's College, Aberdeen. Entered the service of the Bank, 15th November, 1906. Left Peterboro branch, where he was Accountant, to return to Old Country to take up military service, 30th April, 1915. Enlisted in Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, with the rank of Private. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps, November, 1916. Promoted Corporal, September, 1917. Served in the Royal Naval Reserve (H. M. Torpedo Boat Division) in 1916; with Machine Gun Corps in France during 1917 and 1918. Wounded, 11th April, 1918.

Died of Wounds, 5th May, 1918, in. Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow.

Uploader's Research notes: [Corporal Army British Machine Gun Corps 58th Machine Gun Company

Served with the BEF

]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2012-12-07