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Arthur William Watson  ( 1879 - 1915 )

parents
born in Forest Hill London 1879
christened in
died in At Sea 1915
buried
grave
effects
occupation Bricklayer/Corps of Royal Engineers
Biography
 1911 Living in Wallets Court Cottages, West Cliffe nr Dover
c1914 WW1 Unit: Royal Engineers Comment: Drowned - War Memorial Elham DB The Lantern (parish magazine)
 1915 Press Bureau, Saturday. The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement: During the night of 28th-29th inst. H.M.S Hythe, auxiliary sweeper (Lieutenant-Comander Arthur H. Bird, R.N.R.) was sunk after being in collision with another of H.M..ships off the Gallipoli Peninsula. At the time of the collision she had on board about 250 men in addition to her crew‘; 100 are reported missing. Western Times 1st November 1915
 1955 Death of wife Emily
Biography

1911
Living in Wallets Court Cottages, West Cliffe nr Dover

c 1914
WW1 Unit: Royal Engineers Comment: Drowned - War Memorial Elham

DB The Lantern (parish magazine)

1915
Press Bureau, Saturday. The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement: During the night of 28th-29th inst. H.M.S Hythe, auxiliary sweeper (Lieutenant-Comander Arthur H. Bird, R.N.R.) was sunk after being in collision with another of H.M..ships off the Gallipoli Peninsula. At the time of the collision she had on board about 250 men in addition to her crew‘; 100 are reported missing.

Western Times 1st November 1915

1955
Death of wife Emily

Marriage
(Ages +/-1)
Year   Reg. DistrictChurchNameAgeSpouseAgeCurate
1904 Camberwell  Arthur William Watson24Emily Webb23 
Demography
(Elham Parish only)
YearNamePropertyAddressRelationConOccupationAgeBorn  
1914Arthur William Watson2 Silverhill VillasHigh StreetHeadMBricklayer34Forest Hill London
Relationships
(Calculated from the demography records)
Name Relation GBornPlaceDiedPlaceOccupation
Emily WebbWifeF1880Battersea, London1955  
Stanley Arthur WatsonSonM1904East Dulwich London1984Canterbury DistrictAssistant Carrier
William George WatsonSonM1909St Margarets Dover2009Tankerton