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Lance Corporal William Robert Watson

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Military service

Service number: 808260
Age: 26
Rank: Lance Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Bn.
Birth: July 28, 1891
Death: May 22, 1918

Burial/memorial information

ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT)
Grave reference: E. 15.
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Son of William and Maria Watson, of Manor Farm, Hopton, Great Yarmouth, England.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

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Page 519 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT) Pas de Calais, France

Achicourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, immediately South of Arras. The Achicourt Road Cemetery lies between the villages of Achicourt and Beaurains, a little East of the main road from Arras to Amiens, about two kilometers from Arras railway station. The cemetery covers an area of 700 square yards and is surrounded by a low brick wall. It is planted with Siberian crab trees and flowering shrubs.

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