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William Edmund Watt

In memory of:

Private William Edmund Watt

August 5, 1917
France

Military Service


Service Number:

1015421

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 15, 1887
Kent, Rochester, England

Enlistment:

May 1, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia

Spouse of Lucy (née Hopkins) Watt of Vancouver, British Columbia. Father of Wilfred Robert Sturder. William and Lucy were married on 26 December 1912.

Commemorated on Page 346 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IX. E. 18.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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