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First Name: | Hugh | Last Name: | WATSON |
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| Date of Death: | 01/08/1917 | Lived/Born In: | Brondesbury | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | Royal Scots Fusiliers1 | |
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Current Information:Age-28 Born-Edinburgh Enlisted-Eastbourne Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery, France
On 27th July, 1917, the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers battalion of 8 Brigade, 3rd Division moved into the front line at Louverval, a few miles to the east of Bapaume in France, where they remained until relieved on 3rd August. The battalion diary entry for 1st August recorded that it was a very quiet day except that three men were killed by a shell. Hugh Watson was one of those killed. |
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