Name
Philip Watson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/05/1919
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
2839
Military Police Corps
Military Mounted Police
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROOIDAM MILITARY CEMETERY
2. C.E. 21.
South Africa
UK & Other Memorials
Kelshall Village Memorial
St Faith’s Church Roll of Honour
Pre War
Born in 1894 son of George Watson of Church End, Kelshall, Herts. He was a police officer.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 4 Dec 1915 at Watford and trained at Aldershot. He embarked on the Cawdor Castle from Avonmouth on 9 Mar 1916 and arrived at Kilindini, Mombasa on 23 Apr 1916 to serve with the East African Expeditionary Force. After several bouts of malaria and influenza he was invalided out to South Africa. He died in Tempe Military Hospital, Bloemfontein from tuberculosis.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
