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George Watkin

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Forename George
Surname Watkin
Middle Name Edward
Memorial Tyldesley Cenotaph
Age 23
Address 1 Old Fold, Mosley Common, Boothstown
Parents' Address 176 Lower Green, Astley
Township Astley
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Colliery Worker at Astley and Tyldesley Pits
Regiment Manchester Regiment 12th Batt
Day of Death 3
Month of Death January
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Ypres (Menin Gate) memorial
Regiment Number 16187
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of John and Eve and husband of Alice Brown (Watkin)
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 21/1/16