Memorial

Corporal H Watson

Harry Watson

Source: Copyright Jane King

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Current Location

Entering the Cemetery from the Broadway gate, it is on the left side of the tarmac path, in the sixteenth row of headstones., Broadway Cemetery, Broadway, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4DD, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 19568 99531

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 70063
Description: An arch-topped stone, incorporating a roundel of carved flowers and foliage. The inscription is in painted engraved letters.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ EDWARD,/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ MARY WATSON,/ WHO DIED NOV: 23: 1909,/ Aged 57 Years/ ALSO OF/ MARY WATSON,/ WHO DIED FEB: 25: 1932,/ Aged 76 Years./ "RE-UNITED"/ AND OF CPL HARRY WATSON,/ SON OF THE ABOVE,/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE OCT: 13: 1915/ Aged 23 Years/ "THY WILL BE DONE"

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, date and place of death, and age.
Additional Information: CWGC records that Corporal Harry Watson, regimental number 2197, was serving in the 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters when he died 13/10/1915. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Panels 87-89 of Loos Memorial.

History

Sponsor Type: private

Conservation

Components

Gravestone

Height: 1140

Width: 610

Depth: 90

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good