Watson John Walter Mowbray Lieut

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Surname: Watson;

Forename(s): John Walter Mowbray;

Initials: JWM;

Rank: Lieut;

Born in: Edinburgh;

Previous Battalion: 9 of;

Previous Regiment: N Staffs Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 249 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 23-Aug-1917;

Other Data: The Sphere - Portrait
Roll of Honour, Vol II, Sect 2, p 227 - Portrait: elder son of the late John Mowbray Watson, Colliery Owner and Coal Exporter, by his wife Blanche, The Grange, Winthorp, Newark, d. of Joseph Gilstrap Branston; born Edinburgh 23/5/1893; educ Fettes - member of OTC; employed by Mexican Eagle Oil Co in Mexico. Returned UK on outbreak of war and after a period of training at Oxford OTC (Baliol College), gazetted 2Lt 9 North Staffs Regt. With BEF in F&F from 10/3/16; transf MGC Nov 1916 and was KIA in action at Inverness Wood, 22/8/17; buried Valley Cottage Cem. Unmarried
See War Diary 23/8/1917 - killed by shellfire
From local newspaper "wounded at High Wood and awarded the green card for distinguished service in the field";

Other Notes: WATSON, Lieutenant, WALTER JOHN MOWBRAY, 249th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf) formerly North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd August 1917. Age 24. Son of Blanche Mary Watson (nee Branston), of The Shieling, Station Rd., Hampton Wick, Kingston-on-Thames, and the late John Mowbray Watson, of Edinburgh. Born at Edinburgh. Obtained Commission in 9th Bn. North Staffordshire Regt., Feb., 1915. Valley Cottages Cem. Mem. H. 7. Railway Dugouts Burial Ground - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;

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