Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Walter Watkins
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 15674
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers
- Unit/Ship: 10th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 12.09.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Vis-En-Artois Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 3
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 3 Derby Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Rose Ann Watkins, 3 Fleming Gdns West, Dundee
- Children:
Annie, born 03.06.1918
More about Walter Watkins
Walter has no known grave but is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.
Walter Watkins 15674 Royal Fusiliers
WATKINS—Killed in action on 12th September, 1918, No 15674, Lance-Corporal Walter Watkins, Royal Fusiliers, beloved husband of Rose Ann Skelly, 3 Derby Street, Dundee. – Inserted by his sorrowing wife and child, and mother-in-law and loving aunt,–48 Mains Road, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 5th October 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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