In Memory Of
WATSON
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit 2:
attd. 1st Bn. Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
Regiment:
Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
1940-07-30
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at the wells at Dobel. They climbed a steep bush-covered ridge on the right of the enemy line, rushed an Italian post and captured a machine-gun, but on trying to advance further, were met by heavy fire.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
2. H. 21.
Cemetery:
NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Kenya
Additional Information
Son of Edwin L. Watson and Mabel Violet Watson; nephew of Florence Phillips, of Melsetter, Southern Rhodesia.
