4189281 Cpl William Christopher Watson - RWF 1930's

Yes I thought that he looked tall in the photos that Ernest sent.

I might have found the William Watson who married Doris in Swansea in 1934.

On outgoing Passengers I Saw him described as 35 in Oct 1948 in the index .But when I looked he was clearly down as 53!! In Commerce
With him was Doris 50 and Lorna 22.They gave a hotel in Walton on Thames as their last address and were on their way back to Buenos Aires and were listed in the Aliens Index.
All citizens of Argentine.
Doris might have been a 2nd wife or maybe they married over in UK to establish a legal British marriage.

There was also a William Watson born 1911/12 who regularly travelled to Gib and Spain[Vigo] with his mother Dorothy. They lived in Solihull so he might be the West Bromwich contender. When the ship went to Vigo she was travelling on to Monte Video.
Then he?? travelled in 1934 aged 23 to The St Vincent Islands as Foreign Correspondent.
Then in 1940 aged 28 to Ceylon-a student. With him Oliver Watson 26 also a student. All very intriguing!!

Sue

Hi All.
First, Sue, Morriston is probably the Hospital.
Al.I agree with you that 4189281 is the William Christopher born in Neath, which partly solves the original question. I believe he married Ann E M James in 1958 in Neath. But it is very odd that i can find No DoD in UK records. details of Ann are also sketchy,for instance, how old was she, and to date i can find no death record for her.
Having looked on a few US Family History Sites, you have to Pay on most and as William Watson is a Very common name in N.York it may be a costly process.if he did emigrate to the US. If he was in the Far East he could have returned there.
I will continue looking for our Neath man but i see very little point in chasing others, at the moment.

ivor.

Hi
a possible candidate . DoB the same. (maybe wishful thinking )
William Watson
United States Social Security Death Index
Given Name: William
Surname: Watson
Birth Date: 6 September 1911
Social Security Number: 253-03-0837
State: Georgia
Last Place of Residence: Macon, Bibb, Georgia
Previous Residence Postal Code: 31202
Event Date: June 1981
Age: 70

to give some idea of the scale of this, this is entry 730ish of 208.000+. it's a bloody popular name William Watson

jvor

I have looked for Births between 1905 and 1930 of Ann E M and found several in Wales-and more in England. However none are shown as subsequently married to a James.
In Neath alone a few men, surname James, of approx. the same age as William Watson died between 1950 and 1958.

It seems likely that this was a 2nd marriage for her and that possibly she was about the same age as Watson. With those surnames it is a bit like looking for the proverbial needle...
I had hoped that Ann E M would narrow the search!

I retold the stories of the other W W's purely because I had found them in my searches!

I had hoped to find W W returning to UK in 1938 from India but no luck so far.
Sue

Vori

regarding the Death in macon, Bibb, Georgia in Jun 1981 I have found on Georgia Deaths that his 2nd initial is B. Unfortunately this site doesn't give dates of birth.

There is William C died 7 March1987 aged 76 which indicates born around 1911-in Berrien ,Georgia. Again no Birth date given

I have sent you 2 Private messages from this site but they don't show up on my Sent box so wonder if they have arrived.

Sue

Launcelot Ronald Watson died Sep q 1985 aged 69 born 1916
Bertie Williams/Watson was 5 in 1901 and 14 in 1911 which could mean a late March early April birthday--if they are giving the right info
Trevor 6 in 1911


In 1901 this looks like Margaret and her first family at Clase, Glamorgan


John D Williams 40
Margaret 30
Bertie 5
May/Mary 3 [she was 12 in 1911 so same time scale perhaps-a few days difference in taking of the census those years]
Evan 1-not on 1911 [Evan John died aged 9 in Jun q 1909 born Jun q 1899]
John D Williams 50 died 1907 in Neath I am guessing on those 2 last entries as there are others.
I will look up John D in other census-1891 because of the discrepancy in age at death and on census]


Bertie was a name used on many Birth registrations
Bertie Williams/Watson would have been 17/18 at the start of WW1.Many Bertie deaths on CWGC . Does anyone have access to Aberavon War Memorial transcriptions that might give a further clue ?

Trevor would have been 35 at start of WW2 but might have been in RWF between the wars

Margaret said that she had had 5 children all living and 15 years married on 1911[but not, I think, married 15 years to William Watson senior]

Sue

Valentine Frederick Loos Grevitt is the Boy Grevitt shown diving in one of Ernest's photos in the Gallery - 1930's.
I have found him travelling from Gib in late Nov 1933 and back in late Jan 1934 aged 17. With many other soldiers doing the return trip.

Valentine Grevitt, in an excerpt from his Memoirs, describes arriving at Hangkow Barracks, Kowloon in late April 1936 with the Regiment and his friend Ginger Lewis .Google.

I might sometime transcribe the list of men.
Sue

4189516 Grevitt - He was attested into the regiment on the 9/4/1931.
He left the regiment on the 16/12/1945.....So full war service.