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Private John WATTS, L/6327, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th April 1915, age 36.

Born West Ham, Stratford, Essex, son of Robert Watts, 33 Brook Road, Plaistow, Essex.

Husband of Rose Ethel Watts, of 29, Benfield St., York Road, Battersea, London.

Children - John Joseph Watts, born 25th November 1912; Elsie Mary Watts, born 30th March 1914.

Enlisted Barking, Essex.

15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Buried at Tuileries British Cemetery, Sp. Mem. C. 3., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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