Watson, William
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Biography: Son of William Watson, foreman ; born Aberdeen, 14 March 1895 ; educated Robert Gordon's College ; matriculated in Agriculture, 1913. After one session as an Agricultural student Watson joined the Scottish Horse in September 1914, being afterwards transferred to the Veterinary Corps attached to the 51st Highland Division. He went to France in May 1915 and served there till September 1916, rising to the rank of Sergeant. He was then transferred to the 60th Division and went with them to Salonika where after a time he contracted malaria and was in hospital in Egypt. On recovery he proceeded to Palestine but was sent home in June 1918 and after training obtained a commission in the R.F.A. He was demobilized in the following January, but immediately afterwards fell ill with malaria and pneumonia and died after a few days' illness on 3 February 1919.
Date of Death: 03 February 1919
Burial Details: Buried at Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen, Section K, Grave 330.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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