William Harrison Watson
Date of birth: 1899
Date of death: 12.4.1918
Area: Knottingley
Regiment: West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
Family information: Son of William Herbert and Ann Elizabeth Watson nee Harrison
Rank: Private
Service number: 62254
War Service
Private William Harrison Watson was part of the 1/17th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) when he died aged 19 on 12th April 1918. At the time his mother, Annie Watson, was living at Station Road, Ferrybridge.
He was buried at Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck.
Steenwerck remained untouched for much of the First World War, but on 10th April 1918 it was captured during the German advance and remained in their hands until the beginning of October. The original cemetery was made by fighting units and field ambulances in April and October 1918 and contained 55 graves.
Family Life
William Harrison Watson was born in the second quarter of 1899 and his birth was registered at Goole. His parents were William Herbert and Ann Elizabeth Watson nee Harrison, who had married in the first quarter of 1898 and again, this was registered at Goole.
In the 1911 census he was recorded as living at Haldenby House, Ferrybridge with his parents.