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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
44th Wing (Borden)
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 21, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 12. Sec. 38.
Additional information
Son of Col. George W. Watts and Emily Marie Watts, of I, Beaumont Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
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Photo of Wilfred John Watts
Photo accompanying a Toronto Star article dated October 23rd, 1918. -
Newspaper Article
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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 -
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 -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilfred John Watts
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 595 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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