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Private JOHN LESLIE WATSON

Service Number: 23946
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS

II. E. 1/10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Alice Watson, of 35, Philips Royal Terrace, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD WILL REMEMBER HIS WORKS
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Buried or commemorated at

WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS
Nord France
Number of casualties: 306
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