Life story: Henry Joseph Watlington | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Henry Joseph
Initials	HJ
Last Name	Watlington
Source	8729224

Gender	Source
Male

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
Other Empire Force		Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps	1st Contingent	Private
British Army	17165	Lincolnshire Regiment		Private
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		70th Squadron		Second Lieutenant
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		General List		Second Lieutenant
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		Royal Flying Corps		Cadet
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		Royal Flying Corps	General List	Temporary Second Lieutenant

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Henry William Watlington	father

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Isabel Mary Emerson	wife	1916

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription	Edward43379
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Deborah102878
British Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920 Transcription	Deborah102878
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription	Deborah102878
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Deborah102878

Reference	Connected by	More information
One of his two service records	Edward43379
One of his two service records	Edward43379
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 8 MARCH, 1917, p 2355	Edward43379
Upper Canada College Remembers	Edward43379
The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps	Edward43379
A short study of Henry Joseph Watlington Lieutenant R.F.C. ...	Edward43379

Title	Connected by	More information
War memorial featuring him	Edward43379
Upper Canada College Roll of Service 1914-1919	Edward43379
Upper Canada College Roll of Service 1914-1919	Edward43379
New York Times, August 1917	Edward43379
Whither the Fates carry us	Deborah102878

ID: 4645937

Reference: WO372/21

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4650346

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8729224

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Edward43379

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/607269

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ID: 8729229

Name: WO 339/107991

Title: One of his two service records

Description: National Archives

Connected by: Edward43379

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1161812
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ID: 8729230

Name: WO 339/80657

Title: One of his two service records

Description: National Archives.

Connected by: Edward43379

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1134485
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ID: 8729233

Title: War memorial featuring him

Description: Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey

Connected by: Edward43379

ID: 8729237

Title: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 8 MARCH, 1917, p 2355

Description: "General List (R.F.C.).The undermentioned cadets to be temp. 2nd Lts. (on prob.). 27 Feb. 1917 ... Henry Joseph 'Watlington"

Connected by: Edward43379

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29975/supplement/2354/data.pdf
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ID: 8729238

Title: Upper Canada College Remembers

Description: Biography of Watlington

Connected by: Edward43379

URL: http://uccremembers.ca/old-boy/lieutenant-henry-joseph-watlington-14/
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ID: 8729247

Title: Upper Canada College Roll of Service 1914-1919

Description: From https://archive.org/stream/warbookofupperca00youn#page/79/mode/1up

Connected by: Edward43379

ID: 8729248

Title: Upper Canada College Roll of Service 1914-1919

Description: Detail of image.

Connected by: Edward43379

ID: 8729263

Title: The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

Description: Article includes details on Watlington.

Connected by: Edward43379

URL: http://www.thelincolnshireregiment.org/bvrc.shtml
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ID: 8729269

Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Spurling#cite_note-5

Title: A short study of Henry Joseph Watlington Lieutenant R.F.C. ...

Description: Full title - A short study of Henry Joseph Watlington Lieutenant R.F.C. with letters from the Front The First World War, Page 105, Watlington Family Narrative, by Hereward T. Watlington. Printed and bound in Canada by The Hunter Rose Company Ltd http://uccremembers.ca/old-boy/lieutenant-henry-joseph-watlington-14/

Connected by: Edward43379

ID: 8729271

Title: New York Times, August 1917

Description: From http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%207/New%20York%20NY%20Times/New%20York%20NY%20Times%201917%20Aug-Sep%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Times%201917%20Aug-Sep%20Grayscale%20(806).pdf

Connected by: Edward43379