Private Richard Norman Watt
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Watt,
Richard Norman
Date of birth: 1890-01-09
Place of birth: Canada
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): homestead farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Date of death:
1917-08-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, I. L. 20.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 235173
Highest Rank:
Private
(52nd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 259338
LAC ID:
304594
Service file: B10154-S019
Uploader's Notes: Born in Merrickville, Ontario. Son of James and Eliza Watt of Merrickville. Pte Richard Norman Watt was the brother of Pte William Lloyd Watt, killed 3 June 1917. Two other brothers who enlisted survived. One brother, Clarence, re-enlisted in the Second World War with his three sons. Two of his sons, Flying Officer Alister Clarence, deceased 17 March 1945 and Flying Officer Norman Alexander Watt, deceased on 1 July 1943 brought to total four Watts from the Merrickville area to lose their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 203rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 52nd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-10-30