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Pte. Henry Watts
British Army 1st Btn. West Surrey Regiment (Queens)
from:Acton Vale, London
(d.31st October 1914)
Henry Watts was born in 1891 and lived with his parents James and Rose Watts, four sisters and a brother, at Wrights Cottage, Acton Vale, London. His father was a labourer at a brickmakers. At some point his parents moved to Canada and were living in Richmond Street, Thorold Park, Thorold, Ontario, Canada.
He served with the 1st Battalion, West Surrey Regiment (Queens). He was killed in action on the 31 October 1914 aged 25 years during the Battle of Ypres. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. He is also remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.