The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H C Watson

Private Henry Charles WATSON, G/5081, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd July 1916.

Born Croydon, Surrey, son of George Watson.

1st August 1903, All Saints, South Wimbledon, Henry Charles Watson, age 19, bachelor, labourer, 44 East Road, South Wimbledon, father George Watson, labourer, married Esther Grace Cook, spinster, age 19, 44 East Road, South Wimbledon, father James Cook, builder.

Children - Ruby Winifred Esther Watson, born 2nd December 1904, Croydon; Ivy Elsie Watson, born 6th July 1906, Croydon; Grace Gilian Watson, born 29th January 1909, Croydon; Kitty Ruth Watson, born 13th January 1910, Croydon;

1911 Census - 12 May Fair, Frinsbury, Rochester, Kent - Henry Charles Watson, head, age 27, married, Boilermakers labourer, Engineering, worker, born Croydon, Surrey; Esther Grace Watson, wife, age 26, married 7 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Ruby Winifred Esther Watson, daughter, age 6, born Croydon, Surrey; Ivy Elsie Watson, daughter, age 4, born Croydon, Surrey; Grace Gilian Watson, daughter, age 2, born Croydon, Surrey; Kitty Ruth Watson, daughter, age 1, born Croydon, Surrey.

Children - Henry Charles Holy Watson, born 3rd March 1912, Strood;

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 31 ages & 1 month, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 130lbs. Resided 1 Bramble Tree Cottages, Borstal, Rochester, Kent / 12 Church Place, Wouldham. / 48 Lancing Road, Canterbury Road, West Croydon.. Formerly engine drivers mate.

Home, 21st December 1914 to 11th May 1915; BEF, 12th May 1915 to 22nd July 1916.

21st December 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th January 1915 to 13th February 1915, Fort Pitt Chatham, cellular ????; 12th May 1915, posted BEF; 13th May 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 15th May 1915, joined Battalion, "B" Company, In the Field; 21st December 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

Children - Leslie Sydney Watson, born 30th January 1916, Aylesford.

5th February 1917, pension of 26/6 a week awarded to widow and six children.

1917 March Croydon Registration District, Esther Grace Watson, married Bertram Warren, 23 College Avenue, St Laurent, Canada / 59 St Matthews Street, Laurent P2, Montreal, Canada.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

This page was last updated on 27-Feb-2023.