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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
437632
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
March 6, 1891
Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
August 17, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 49.
Additional information
Husband of Rose Watson, of 233, Holly Rd., Redan Hill, Aldershot.
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Private Alexander Watson (437632) (MM) Born and raised in Birkenhead, Alexander served with the 49th Battalion (Alberta Regiment). During the two years of his service in France and Flanders he was awarded (probably posthumously) the Military Medal for bravery in the field. He died on the 29th of September 1918 after sustaining wounds in the battle of Canal du Nord.
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Private Alexander Watson
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Commemorated on:
Page 519 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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