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William Bateman Watkin

Private

Service No. 21918

Age 36

Died on 9 October 1917

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

TYNE COT MEMORIAL

West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Son of the late William Bateman Watkin and Annie Maria Watkin, of 23, Manor Rd., Lillington, Leamington Spa; husband of Alice Mary Watkin, of 5, South View Terrace, New Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

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Henry Harrison

William, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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William, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalio...

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