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Arthur Jack Watson, Son of Harry Watson and Maud Watson (née Savage) of 1 Upton Road, Swanmore, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Commemorated on the Ryde World War I Memorial Service details Rifleman 1805 Arthur Watson, 1/8th Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles) CWGC record ...
Some of Arthur Watson's letters home to his parents have survived. In one, written just a few days before his death, he writes "Please God I shall come through all right and see you all again, but if I don't you must take it for the best". Information taken from Isle of Wight County Press 5 November 1999. |