In Memory Of
WATT, ROBERT JOHN
Service Details
Age:
44
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
575
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
formerly Bothas Scouts, 21st Intelligence
Date of Death:
1916-10-18
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. On the 12th October, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range. The two battalions, which had suffered heavily, were relieved by the 3rd S.A.I. during the night of the 12th-13th October.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. H. 9.
Cemetery:
DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Thomas M. Watt, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., and Margaret Watt, of Hovingham, Yorks., England. Served in German West Africa, and in the South African Campaign. Wounded in Delville Wood in July 1916.
