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Military service
Service number:
769745
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
February 24, 1882
Death:
August 14, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private George Watson
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Press Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Roll of Honour
Pte. George Watson was remembered on the Alaska Bedding Companies honour roll. The Toronto location was called Ideal Bedding Company Ltd. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Inscription
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Watson
Digital gallery of
Private George Watson
Digital gallery of
Private George Watson
Digital gallery of
Private George Watson
Digital gallery of
Private George Watson
Digital gallery of
Private George Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 345 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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