Information from the Roll of Honour
    
        | Parish | Surname | Initials | Award | Rank | Ship or Regiment | Place of Death | Date of Death | 
    
        | Torquay | Watson | J. C. |  | Sapr. | R.E. |  |  | 
An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
    
    Further Information from Contributors
    
    
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            RoH Ref.
        
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            9956
        
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            Forename
        
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            John Cornish
        
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            Surname
        
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            Watson
        
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            Rank or Rating
        
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            Service Number(s)
        
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            514667
        
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            Father
        
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            Robert Watson
        
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            Mother
        
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            Elizabeth (nee Evans)
        
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            Wife
        
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            Emily Mary (nee Damerell)
        
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            Date of Birth
        
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            24
            February
            1880
        
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            Where Born
        
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            Torquay, Devonshire
        
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            Date Baptised
        
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            Ship or Regiment
        
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            Royal Engineers, 567th Army Troops Company
        
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            Date of Death
        
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            30
            December
            1917
        
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            Place of Death
        
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            Grave or Memorial
        
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            Remarks
        
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            Previously served with the Devonshire Regiment, 13 Januray 1900 - 17 June 1901, Service No. 5567 and the Royal Navy, 1 June 1898 - 22 June 1898, Service No. 356598, discharged as "No longer required"
        
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            Contributor
        
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            PB, Val Baker