4189281 Cpl William Christopher Watson - RWF 1930's

[ap1]

In 1950 W Wanklyn(named on kitbag) appears in a staff photo at the Welsh Brigade Training Centre. By now he was a WO2 with a chest full of medals. Regi Records Vol VI

before_going_to_china_gib_1934.jpgPicture taken in 1934 before deploying to China

[ernest]

Hope you dont mind me asking what is a wo2

[Jerry B]

Hope you dont mind me asking what is a wo2

WO2 = Warrant Officer 2nd class, includes company sergeant major, Regimental quartermaster sgt, bandmaster.

[ernest]

oh wow thanks

[ernest]

got death certificate :( not what i expected ap1 you can see it in my photos

[ap1]

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Ok, I would now fill in the application for Williams Service Record. Enter his name as: William C Watson.

We don't really have any documentary proof of what his middle name actually is, indeed the army letter is 1939 only refers to him as Cpl William Watson. So hopefully this death certificate should be sufficient to get hold of Williams Service record. The age is also the same/similar.

I don't have any other avenues to suggest, its a gamble, but other than waiting for another 12yrs until the 116 year cut off point passes, theres not much else you can do!!!

[ivor43]

hi all

odd cause of death.
exhaustion
and
looked up Status Epilepticus :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_epilepticus

possibly first as a result of second, strange. and also he was living in a Hostel and not working, possibly due to his condition.

ivor

[Baconwallah]

Nothing odd about it, Ivor. An untreated status epilepticus will kill you, even today, and without going into the physiological and biochemical details the cause of death can be simply described as 'exhaustion'.

John

[ernest]

do you think this watson might be my grandad,if he had epilepsy ,he couldnt have been in a war ?

[ap1]

Who knows Ernest…..Its totally impossible to say at the moment because we don't know anything about his life other than he lived in Swansea after he left the army. I would focus on the main aim….Which is obtaining his service record. If this doesn't work i'm not really sure what your next step should be.