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L/Cpl. Harold Watson

British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment

from:Jarrow

(d.24th Oct 1916)

Harold Watson enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment(Prince of Wales Own). He was killed in action age 19 on the 24th October 1916 and is remembered at the Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and the Thiepval Memorial . His medal card records he was killed in action and the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. Harold's older brother George Robert was also among the fallen in 1917.

Harold was born in Jarrow 1897 son of David and the late Annie Watson of 81 McIntyre Street, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family were living at that address with his father David(62) widower, fitter in the shipyard, George Robert(24) single, plumber in the shipyard, William(21) also a fitter in the shipyard and Harold(13) still at school.



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