Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War Private William Oliver WATSON. 10885 Close window to return to main page

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Private William Oliver WATSON, 10885.

6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Margaret Watson, of Albert Row, Bedale, Yorks. Killed 21 August 1915. Age 19.
Born Bedale (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Bedale.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Photo and additional information provided by the Green Howards Museum.

William Oliver Watson was the eldest of three brothers and a sister, born to George and Margaret Watson of Albert Row in Bedale, North Yorkshire. William was born in 1896. His two brothers were Alfred (born 1898) and Frank. His sister was called Lily. (There was another sister, but she died in childhood). The house where this family lived, and where William was born, can still be seen today.

William enlisted at Richmond in the 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (the Green Howards) very soon after the outbreak of the First World War.

For photos of the house in which Willam Oliver Watson lived, and documents relating to his final days, see below.

William Oliver Watson, - Some Photos of Interest

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Margaret Watson, - William's mother, outside the house in Albert Row, Bedale.		Albert Row, Bedale, as it is now		A postcard from William to his mother

The final communication		Notice of William posted Missing		William's Estate

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