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Surname: WATSON
Forename(s): Norman
Place of Birth: Steeton, Yorkshire
Service No: 269248
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 5th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1918-02-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. A. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ANZIN-ST. AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Norman Watson was the son of Fred and Jane Edith Watson, née Greenwood. Both parents were born at Steeton, Yorkshire.
1901 Steeton, Yorkshire Census: 2, Falcon Cliff - Norman Watson, aged 3 years, born Steeton, grandson of William and Rosina Greenwood.
1911 Steeton, Yorkshire Census: 2, Falcon Cliffe - Norman Watson, aged 13 years, born Steeton. [Norman and his widowed mother, Jane, were living with her mother, Rosina Greenwood, widow.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norman Watson, 269248, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Norman Watson, 269248, 2/5 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 5.2.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Norman Watson, 269248, 2/5th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 5.2.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Grandmother - Elizabeth. £5 13s. 0d. Grandmother - Rosina Greenwood. £5 5s. 0d.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Norman Watson, 269248, 1/5th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 5.2.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Grandmother - Rosina Greenwood. £0 8s. 0d.
On the 30 January 1918, the 1/5th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) was transferred from the 49th (West Riding) Division to the 62nd (2/West Riding) Division and absorbed the 2/5th Battalion becoming the 5th Battalion.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WATSON, Norman, [Steeton], aged 20, West Riding Regiment, died of wounds 1917.
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Private Norman WATSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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08 February 1918
STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN – War Items
Information from an official source was received on Tuesday by the relatives of Private Norman Watson, a Steeton soldier, that he had been seriously wounded and was in hospital in France. Private Watson is the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson, of Steeton, and joined the West Riding Regiment last July and went to France in December. Previous to joining the army the wounded Steetonian was a shopman in the employ of the Steeton Co-operative Society.
15 February 1918
WATSON – Died of wounds received in action in France, Private Norman Watson, West Riding Regiment, only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson, of Steeton, aged 20 years.
15 February 1918
STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN – PRIVATE NORMAN WATSON DIES OF WOUNDS
On Sunday morning Mrs. William Greenwood, Falcon Cliffe, Steeton, received the sad news that her grandson, Private Norman Watson, West Riding Regiment, had died of wounds in hospital in France. The information was sent by a chaplain who expressed his sympathy with the bereaved lady in her loss. Private Watson, as was stated in last week’s issue, was the only child of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson, of Steeton, and a grandson of the late Mr. Henry Watson. The deceased soldier reached his 20th birthday on February 3rd, and previous to joining up last July was in the employ of the Steeton Co-operative Society. His cheerful disposition and unassuming manner was such as to gain for him the esteem of all who were acquainted with him in either business or private life.
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08 February 1918
STEETON
STEETON SOLDIER WOUNDED – Mrs. Wm. Greenwood, Falcon Cliffe, Steeton. received word on Tuesday evening that her grandson, Pte. Norman Watson, of the West Riding Regiment, only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson, had been dangerously wounded whilst in action on the Western front, no details being given. Prior to joining the army last July, Pte. Watson was employed in the grocery department at the Steeton Co-operative Stores, and only went out to France last month.
15 February 1918
WATSON – Died of wounds, Pte. Norman Watson, of the West Riding Regiment, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson, of Falcon Cliffe, Steeton, aged 20.
15 February 1918
STEETON
DEATH OF PTE. NORMAN WATSON
Further news concerning the death of Pte. Norman Watson, of the West Riding Regiment, was received by his grandmother, Mrs. Wm. Greenwood, Falcon Cliffe, last week-end from a chaplain in a hospital in France. Mrs. Greenwood received word on Tuesday last that her grandson had been dangerously wounded, and from the letter received Pte. Watson must have died the same day as she received word he was wounded. Pte. Watson was 20 years of age, and the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson, Falcon Cliffe, Steeton. He was of a quiet, unassuming disposition, and previous to joining the army in July, 1917, was employed in the grocery department of Steeton Co-operative Society. He was drafted out to France only a little over a month ago.
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