Name
Ernest Watson (5316)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/03/1915
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Company Sergeant Major
5316
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 31 and 33.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born in 1876 and christened on 30 Apr 1876 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of John and Mary Ann Watson. He was living in Kibes Lane, Ware in 1881 and Caroline Court, Baldock Street, Ware in 1891. He married Mary Ann Franklin in 1903 in Bedford and they lived at The Moor, Carlton, Bedfordshire.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Bedford and was killed in action near Ypres.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
