Sergeant Joseph Harry Watson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Watson,
Joseph Harry
Date of birth: 1871-01-22
Place of birth: Sheffield Yorkshire England
Next of kin: Mary Watson (wife), 577 Division St., Peterborough, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Painter
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-11-13
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Peterborough (Little Lake) Cemetery, Lot 7. Range 6. Sec. O. 3. 83.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 195248
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
Rank detail
Sergeant (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 2756881
LAC ID:
304439
Service file: B10142-S016
Uploader's Notes:
Husband of the late Mary Watson, of 300, Frederick Avenue, Peterborough, Ont.
Died at home the morning of November 30. Sgt Watson had proceeeded overseas with the 93rd Btn but had been invalided home during the winter of 1916-17 and since then had been reporting for treatment to the convalescent hospital in Kingston. Death Registration states he died of Heart Failure and he had been suffering 'Cardiac Incompetency" for some months. Newspaper states he died of pluro-pneumonia and had only suffered it for a short duration.
Uploader's Research notes: Peterborough Examiner, November 30 Page 13 and December 3 Page 12 1917 [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 93rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-30
Last modified: 2011-06-25