Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Lt.Col Robert Albert Watson DSO, MC and bar, MID.

British Army Royal Artillery

from:Kennal House, Ponsanooth Cornwall

(d.18th Dec 1943)

Robert Watson joined the British Army in Portsmouth Hants as a 14 year old, he attained the rank of Lt Col and died in 1943 from wounds received in 1916 WW1. He served in Burma, France, Germany, Jamaica, and Coastal Defence Cornwall (South West), he was Mentioned in Despatches three times. He is buried with honours at St Michaels, Ponsanooth, Cornwall, his grave is maintained by the War Graves Commission.



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