Benoni Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa - Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914

Last Name

Regiment

Address

Narrative

Watson DCM, MID, William Robert

2nd Lieutenant

South African Infantry Brigade 7th Battalion

208 HOWARD AVENUE, HOWARD AVENUE, BENONI, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA

Died on

28/06/1917

Aged

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF ROBERT LAWSON WATSON (1853-1923) & ELIZABETH WATSON - 14 BANK STREET, HULL (1881 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF J S WATSON, OF 204 HOWARD AVENUE, BENONI, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA. SERVED IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA IN 1916 , WITH THE 7TH SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY. HE DIED ON 28/06/1917, AGED 40, WHILE UNDER OPERATION ON HIS KNEE. H […]