Corporal 161549 John Watkinson
Regiment/Unit: Royal Field Artillery - 463rd Bty. 179th Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 11th of August 1918
Born: Scarisbrick, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Crouy British Cemetery Crouy-Sur-Somme - V. C. 16.
Family details:
Son of Thomas and Hannah Watkinson, of St. Helens, Lancs. Father Thomas is sole legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old John is living at Smithy Lane, Scarisbrick with widowed father Thomas (46) and two siblings: Ellen (7), Thomas (5). 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy John living at Moss Bank Farm, Windle, St Helens with widowed father Thomas (50) and two siblings: Ellen (17), Thomas (15). Also at the address is servant Clara Lowe (35). AVL 1918 - 194 Rivington Street, St Helens.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=11]Remembered on Moss Bank Mission Memorial[/url] SDGW lists his birthplace as St Helens.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=11]Remembered on Moss Bank Mission Memorial[/url] SDGW lists his birthplace as St Helens.
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/161549_John_Watkinson2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Corporal John Watkinson at St Peter & Paul's Churchyard, Ormskirk
(Photos courtesy of PaulC)[/caption]
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[caption] Courtesy of Len from Find A Grave and Ste M[/caption]
