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Military service
Service number:
177857
Age:
36
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
January 8, 1880
Death:
September 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert P. and Elizabeth Watson, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Robert James Watson
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Photo of Robert James Watson
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ROBERT JAMES WATSON
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Canadian Grenadier Guards
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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) -
Photo of ROBERT JAMES WATSON
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert James Watson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert James Watson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert James Watson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert James Watson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert James Watson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert James Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 179 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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