Biography of Private Thomas Willie Watson (9670)
1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 5th November 1914

Soldier

  • Name: Thomas Willie Watson
  • Date of birth: 1895
  • Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: January – March 1895
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

  • Name: Thomas Willie Watson
  • DOB: 1865
  • Place of Birth: Holloway, London, England
  • Occupation: Briclayer (working)

Mother

  • Name: Mary Elizabeth Sculthorpe
  • DOB: 1872
  • Place Of Birth: Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 22nd July 1894 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Thomas Willie Watson, 1895, Bourne
  • Florence Mary Watson, 1896, Bourne (died 1896)
  • Fred Watson, 1897, Bourne (died 1899)
  • Beatrice Helen Watson, 1899, Deeping St James
  • Frederick George Hawes Watson, 1900, Deeping St James
  • Ada Holgate Watson, 1901, Bourne (died 1902)
  • Harry Watson, 1902, bourne (died 1903)
  • Jessie Annie Watson, 1904, Bourne (died 1904)
  • Susannah Seymour Watson, 1905, Bourne (died 1906)
  • Doris Watson, 1906, Bourne( died 1907)
  • Arthur Coppen Watson, 1907, Market Deeping
  • Robert Leslie Watson, 1909, Market Deeping
  • Cecil Watson, 1910, Market Deeping
  • Jessie May Watson, 1911, Market Deeping
  • Thomas Herbert Watson, 1915, Market Deeping

Census

  • 1901: Thomas is living with his parents at Horsegate, Deeping St JAmes, Lincolnshire.
  • 1911: Thomas is living with his parents at Towngate, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 16 and he is listed as a farm labourer.
Relatives in services

  • None found

Marriage

  • No marriage for Thomas has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • Birmingham Daily Post Saturday 20th February 1915
    The following casualties are reported under date January 1.
    KILLED
    Watson, 9670, Pte. T. Northamptonshire Regiment

 

  • The Times Saturday February 20th 1915
    EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
    Reported from Base.  All privates unless otherwise stated.
    Under date January 1.
    KILLED
    NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT
    Watson, 9670 T.

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private Thomas William Watson, 9670, 1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment was killed in action on 5th November 1914 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Father Thomas William

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal
  • The 14 Star with Clasp

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Bourne, Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private Thomas William Watson, 9670, 1st Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment who died on 5 November 1914 Age 20
  • Son of Thomas William and Mary Elizabeth Watson, of Towngate, Market Deeping, Peterborough.
  • Remembered with honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
  • Panel 43 and 45.

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office