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Rflmn. William Albert Watson
British Army 1st Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:London
(d.27th July 1916)
Rifleman William Watson, who was my grandfather, was a fatal casualty on 27th July 1916, during the Battle for Delville Wood.
Interestingly though, as far as I can tell from scrutiny of the Delville Wood, Longueval British Roll of Honour, July-September 1916, he was the only 1st Battalion KRRC soldier of their 144 fatal casualties, to be buried in the Bernafay Wood Cemetery.
(I've often wondered why.)