The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private D T Watson

Inscription - "

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE

FOR OTHERS"

Photograph by - "Claude Laignel"

Private David Thomas WATSON, G/24846, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1525, Welsh Horse), killed in action, Flanders France, 15th February 1917, age 33.

Born Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, son of David and Ann Watson, 160 Marlborough Road, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales.

1911 Census - 221 Albany Road, Cardiff - Ann Watson, head, age 59, widow, born Quakers Yard, Glamorganshire; Agnes Watson, daughter, age 31, single, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; David Thomas Watson, son, age 28, single, coal weigher, shipping, worker, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; Ernest Watson, son, age 21, single, Solicitors Clerk, worker, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire.

Enlisted Newtown, Monmouthshire, Wales.

4th April 1917, Probate - David Thomas Watson, 160 Marlborough Road, Cardiff, a Private in His Majestys Army, died 15th February 1917, in France, killed in action. Administration LLandaff 4th April to Ann Watson, widow. Effects £433 14s 8d.

Buried at Grandcourt Road Cemetery, C. 79., Grandcourt, Somme, France.

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