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Rank : Corporal

Army Number : 7984

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Enlisted at Loughborough. Served with 2nd Bn during World War One. Appointed acting Corporal 19.5.1915 and 3.6.1915. Sick to hospital 16.6.1915, rejoined 13.7.1915. To be paid Lance Corporal as of 21.6.1915. Appointed Corporal August 1915. missing after operations 25.9.1915, and later reported killed in action 25.9.1915, aged 28. He is commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

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CWGC:

WATSON, EDWARD
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 7984
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 42 to 44.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
Additional Information:

Husband of M. A. Watson, of 34, George St., Belgrave Gate, Leicester.

Brother of Alfred Watson - CWGC:

WATSON, ALFRED
Rank: Private
Service No: 29085
Date of Death: 15/07/1916
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 16th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 87 to 89.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Date of Birth : 1887

Place of Birth : All Saints Parish, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 25.9.1915

Place of Death : France

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders