His story
He served as a private in the Army Veterinary Corps, under service number SE/32837.
He died on 16 November 1917. He is buried in Penshaw (All Saints) Churchyard.
Roland Riddell’s Sunderland Book of Remembrance, transcribed by the North East War Memorials Project, records Sunderland as his place of enlistment.
Before the war
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/32837
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 16 November 1917
- Cemetery or memorial
- Penshaw (All Saints) Churchyard
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- NEWMP: Roland Riddell’s Book of Remembrance, Holy Trinity, Sunderland, Part 5, page 95
- Research record number: 267
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Charles Watson”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/watson-charles-se-32837/.
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