Richard HALL-WATT

02 November 1917

HALL-WATT – October 13th 1917, killed in action on the Western Front, Second-Lieut. Richard Hall-Watt, Grenadier Guards, eldest son of the late Mr. E. R. B. Hall-Watt, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, and of Carr Head, Cowling, aged 19 years.

02 November 1917

SKIPTON AND THE WAR – HEIR TO CARR HALL ESTATE KILLED

Much regret was expressed in the Cowling district when it became known that Mr. Richard Hall-Watt, Second-Lieutenant Grenadier Guards, the eldest son of the late Mr. E. R. B. Hall-Watt, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, and of Carr Head, Cowling, had fallen in action at the early age of 19.

Deceased was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and was posted to the Grenadier Guards in the early part of this year, leaving for France in August. His death occurred in the fighting in Flanders on the 13th ult. Had he attained the age of 21 years he would have inherited the extensive family estates in the East Riding, in Lancashire and the Carr Head Estate, Cowling. A memorial service was held at Bishop Burton yesterday (Thursday). A similar service will be held at Cowling Parish Church on Sunday morning next at 10-30.

09 November 1917

COWLING – The Late Lieut. Hall-Watt

On Sunday morning at the Parish Church, the Vicar conducted a memorial service to the memory of the late Second Lieutenant R. Hall-Watt of the Grenadier Guards. The choir sang the anthem ‘Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace’. The deceased officer was the eldest son and heir of the late Mr. E. B. B. Hall-Watt, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, and of Carr Head, Cowling. He was killed in action on October 13th in Flanders, and was 19 years of age. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, the deceased was posted to the Grenadier Guards in the early part of this year, and went out to France in August last. His decease is greatly lamented in the district, as it was hoped when he came of age he would have taken a personal interest in the Carr Head Estate.

The ‘Last Post’ was sounded by the buglers from the Church Lads’ Brigade, Colne. Col. Eyre and Mrs. Eyre (of Bishop Burton Hall, Beverley, the mother of the deceased officer), and also Mr. A. Hall-Watt, the deceased’s only brother, were represented by Mr. T. Washington Chambers, of Brighouse, the agent for the Carr Head and Morton Estates of the trustees of the late E.B.B. Hall-Watt, of Bishop Burton, the father of the deceased. A similar memorial service has been held at Bishop Burton Church on the 1st inst. The service at Cowling was also in memory of Gunner Coulson Fryer, Privates William Garner, Walter Snowden, and George Thorpe, all of Cowling, who have recently laid down their lives for King and Country. The Vicar alluded in feeling terms to the great loss which the relatives of the deceased officer and men had sustained.

09 November 1917

COWLING – The Late Lieut. Hall-Watt

On Sunday morning at the Parish Church, the Vicar conducted a memorial service to the memory of the late Second Lieutenant R. Hall-Watt, of the Grenadier Guards. The choir sang the anthem. ‘Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace.’ The deceased officer was the eldest son and heir of the late Mr. E. B. B. Hall-Watt, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, and of Carr Head, Cowling. He was killed in action on October 13th, in Flanders, and was 19 years of age. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst the deceased was posted to the Grenadier Guards in the early part of this year, and went out to France in August last. His decease is greatly lamented in the district, as it was hoped when he came of age he would have taken a personal interest in the Carr head Estate.

04 July 1919

PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' – CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS

SECOND-LIEUTENANT R. HALL WATT

Grenadier Guards, son of the late Mr. E. R. B. Hall Watt, Bishop Burton, Beverley, and Carr Head, Cowling. Killed in action October 13th, 1917, aged 19 years.