Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Sidney Russell Watson
In memory of:
Ordinary Seaman Sidney Russell Watson
April 2, 1941
Military Service
V/22015
21
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.S. Bonaventure
Additional Information
Born to Mel and Ella Watson in Peel County, Ontario on the family fruit farm at Dixie Road and the Queen Elizabeth Way, he and his two brothers Ross and Robert were the fifth generation to farm in the then Township of Toronto.
Commemorated on Page 47 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
N. 146.
Chatby is a district on the eastern side of the city of Alexandria, between the main dual carriageway to Aboukir, known as Al Horaya, and the sea. This cemetery is located centrally within the main Alexandria cemetery complex, which is bordered by Al Horaya on the south and the electric tramway, which is parallel with Sharia Champollion on the North. Visitors can reach the entrance to the ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY & WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY along the road Sharia Anubis, which lies centrally north/south through the cemetery area. This cemetery has a central front entrance building with a metal gate/grill secured archway leading into it from two small grassed areas which form part of the roadside in front of the cemetery, which is bounded by a rendered wall.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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