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Gnr. Herbert Clement Watts
British Army 4th Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Wardington, Oxfordshire.
(d.23rd Jul 1917)
Herbert Watts was born in 1885, the first child of four in the family of Clement Watts and Fanny Rollins.
He lived in Wardington with his parents and siblings. The village was home to many Watts, all related somewhere along the line which goes back to the 1700's.
Herbert did apply for exemption in 1916 but his application was turned down.
He joined the Royal Horse Artillery and then the Royal Field Artillery, 4th Reserve Brigade.
He died from the wounds he acquired on the battlefield and is buried in the Mendinghem Military Cemetery in Belgium.