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Wilfred John Watts

In memory of:

Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts

October 21, 1918

Military Service


Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

44th Wing (Borden)

Additional Information


Son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 595 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Plot 12. Sec. 38.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Wilfred John Watts– Photo accompanying a Toronto Star article dated October 23rd, 1918.
  • Newspaper Article
  • Honour Roll– "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
  • Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial– The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario.  
Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side 
panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were 
presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918".
  • Grave Marker– Inscription to the memory of Lieutenant WILFRED JOHN WATTS on the family grave marker in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.  Lieutenant WATTS was wounded at Gallipoli while serving with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and recovered.  He died of pneumonia while serving with the 44th Wing Royal Air Force at Camp Borden, Ontario
  • Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
839 Captain Wilfred John Watts (RMC 1909) was the son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Air Force, 44th Wing (Borden). He died 21 Oct 1918. He was buried in Totonto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
839 Captain Wilfred John Watts (RMC 1909) was the son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Air Force, 44th Wing (Borden). He died 21 Oct 1918. He was buried in Totonto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
839 Captain Wilfred John Watts (RMC 1909) was the son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Air Force, 44th Wing (Borden). He died 21 Oct 1918. He was buried in Totonto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.
  • Memorial Arch– Memorial Arch, Royal Military College, Kingston
  • Memorial– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston

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