Service Details
Name:
 WATSON
Given Name:
 JAMES
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 2208
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
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Age:
 45
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Mary Ann Davidson Watson. Born at Brechin, Scotland. Enlisted in Lovat's Scouts, 1901. Served in the South African Campaign. Re-enlisted, Aug., 1914, also served in German South West Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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