4189281 Cpl William Christopher Watson - RWF 1930's

[ivor43]

Hi again.
in an earlier post you mentioned Children.
Family search.
For William Watson and Martha J England. all Swansea.
William... B 1912
Thomas J... B 1914
George.... B 1916
Mary A.. B 1918
Lilly M.. B 1920
Brinley J.. B 1923
Eileen... B 1925
Richard .. B 1928.

If you want i can look up their details. let me know.


ivor

[ivor43]

hi.
Brinley J Watson and Ursula J M Gatz.
B 1949. Raymond.

ivor

[ivor43]

Hi again.
O.K. susanjane, ernest. do you have any reference to the family members Emigrating to the U.S. There is a possibility that Thomas J and George Emigrated in 1944.It would appear that William Watson Snr was born in 1890, married Martha J England in 1911 (mar q) and there is a record of a William Watson age 61 (B.1890) emigrating to The U.S in 1951.
There is a record of George Watson Marrying a Margaret A Davies from Neath in 1938.
I am going to keep looking at these folks as this is now quite interesting. If this is your William C Watson is it possible that he may have gone to the US for a while? as i said interesting

ivor

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STOOOOOOPPPPPP!!!!

Ok, with Clive Hughes I checked the RWF Enlistment Register at the RWF Archive this morning. We obtained the following detail:

Full Name: William Christopher Watson
Born: 6/9/1911 - No place of birth shown

Enlisted on a 12yr engagement 7/5 So 7yrs colour service. Then a further 5yrs on the reserve.

16th June 1938 He was transferred to the army reserve. So he still had 5yrs potential service to complete at that point, if required.

Obviously mobilised in 1939, at the onset of WW2

24 Sep 1939 Appointed/Posted to 341st MG Centre Guernsey
Later re-transferred back to RWF (4th Bn)
17 May 1942 T/D(Temp Detached?) to the Welch Regiment
26 May 1942 Docs(documents) to Exeter(Administrative District HQ for the Welch Regiment perhaps).

Notes:
No further entries after Exeter, so we can assume he was then being administered by a Non - RWF Unit, who later would have managed his final discharge. (Bob/Keith does that sound right?).

I have informed the family, they will log in later today to gather the information.

The red pen concerns me somewhat. Not sure if its transference from another page. I have re-checked CWGC.

[ivor43]

Hi.
Al.
my posts are in response to a request, by Sue in posts 115 and 118.
The William C Watson you are referring to would appear to have been born Birmingham Area as the Birth is registered West Bromwich. I believe this chap may have been referred to in earlier posts.


ivor

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Isn't there also a Watson born in Neath in the final qtr of 1911? or have they obtained that certificate.
We understand it, do the family?

[ivor43]

Hi again.
I agree but in this case we have the names of both parents which match with my info. Family search does not give me any alternatives for WATSON/ENGLAND.this is a quite rare surname.Also the wedding in 34 ties in with the record of the trip back from Gib.
It is quite possible that our Swansea Family had relatives in Neath, as,if my info is correct then George Watson (22) married into a Neath family.
On the info we have on here this is the best shot. we just have to await further info.


ivor

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Names of both parents? I don't think we do Ivor? I thought they were merely suggestions? Not definite's. Apologies if i'm wrong on that. Have we seen a document, where the maiden name is England is directly linked to our man?

Looking through Ancestry, one thing that concerns me is a lack of any suitable candidate who was born in the Third ¼ of 1911. Likewise on the death lists, same issue. Maybe i will get the archive to re-check the entry…in case i've mis-read it.

[ivor43]

hi.
in post 105 sue refers to Watson/England marriage 1911.Confirmed be FreeBMD and Family search. in post 111 she mentions 7 Children, Family search has 8, well ok. possibly not a problem.
William died age 42 in 1954 confirmed by FreeBMD as with Brinley J Death Sept q 64 age 42.
With regard to documentary evidence, no we do not, i have based my findings on Sue's info. at the moment i can not do anything else. unfortunately Watson is a common name in Glamorgan and Swansea in particular. at the moment this guy fits a lot of Sue's questions.
using a search Mar 1910 to Dec 1912. FreeBMD only lists 3 William C Watson.
our West brom guy mentioned earlier
William C Sept q 1910 Pontyprydd
William C Dec 1911 Neath, Mothers Maiden name Jones.
as you say not many options. so until we get some more or different info for now i will stick with what i have.

ivor

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Isn't there also a Watson born in Neath in the final qtr of 1911? or have they obtained that certificate.
We understand it, do the family?

In an effort to move this thread on and to prevent the family chasing their tails. I've obtained the certificate for the Neath man. It is our William Watson born 6 Sept 1911. As per the RWF Enlistment Register.

The family can now apply for his death cert and then his service record.