Private George Frederick WATSON, G/16045, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 4th October 1917, age 32.

Born Bermondsey, London, SE, son of John and Ann Watson.

1911 Census - 26 Matilda Street, Barnsbury, Islington, London - John Tejon Watson, head, age 51, married, clerk, mercantile, iron founders, worker, born Hackney, London; Annie Watson, wife, age 51, married 31 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Birkenhead, Cheshire; George Fredk Watson, son, age 25, single, Sorting Clerk GPO, Civil Service, worker, born Bermondsey, London; Claude Charles Watson, son, age 22, single, Insurance Clerk, Friendly Society, worker, born Chadwell Heath, Sussex; Mary Edith Watson, daughter, age 20, single, dressmaker, dressmakers, worker, born Chadwell Heath, Sussex; Albert Edward Watson, son, age 17, single, clerk, mercantile, iron founders, worker, born Hackney, London; Hilda Annie Watson, daughter, age 13, school, born Walthamstow, Sussex.

14th September 1912, St Barnabus Church, Hornsey Road, Islington, George Frederick Watson, age 27, Bachelor, Postal Clerk GPO, 26 Matilda Street, Barnsbury, father John Tejon Watson, cashier, married Mary Caroline Schmid, age 21, spinster, 1 Dunford Road, Holloway, father, Max Schmid, cabinet maker.

Children - Iris Georgina Watson, born 20th July 1914, 57 Coleridge Road, Crouch End.

Enlisted Mill Hill, Middlesex, age 30 years & 7 months, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 128lbs.  Resided 174 Nelson Road, Hornsey, London, N. / 209, Lymington Avenue, Wood Green. London / 26 Gladwellk Road, Crouch End, N8. Formerly Sorter, North West Delivery Office.

Separation Allowance 23/1 a week payable to wife.

Home 9th December 1915 to 2nd November 1916; BEF 3rd November 1916 to 4th October 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 17th June 1916, mobilized & posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd November 1916, posted BEF & 1st Platoon, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th November 1916, embarked / disembarked; 28th November 1916, joined 1st Platoon, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 13th June 1917, PUO, 42 Casualty Clearing Station, to 26 Ambulance Train; 17th June 1917, 22 General Hospital, to 6 Infantry Depot; 7th July 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 3rd August 1917, No.5. Convalescent Depot; 31st August 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 31st August 1917, joined 1st Battalion "A" Company, In the Field; 29th September 1917, having a dirty rifle on parade, deprived 1 days pay; 4th October 1917, posted missing.  

24th June 1918, awarded pension of 20/5 a week to widow & one child.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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