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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
426088
Age:
39
Rank:
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I)
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
June 30, 1878
Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
December 19, 1915
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
November 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of John and Catherine Watchman of Avonlea, Saskatchewan.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) James Watchman
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Memorial Plaque
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) James Watchman
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) James Watchman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 345 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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