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Charles Watkins

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Forename Charles
Surname Watkins
Middle Name A
Memorial Ince and St Marys Memorial, Ince
Age 21
Address 481 Warrington Rd, Ince (lodger)
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Lance-Corporal (unpaid)
Occupation or place of work Miner at Pearson & Knowles, Daisy Pit
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Batt
Day of Death 12
Month of Death October
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Guatds Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme
Regiment Number 5352
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Born in Shrewsbury and son of Mrs Emily Lane
Originally suffered from frost bite
Was a bomb thrower
CWGC, Ancestry, WO 11/8/17, WE 2/12/16