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Port St Mary, Isle of Man, England [8]

Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [7]

Port Erin, Isle of Man, England [5]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Mullumbimby New South Wales [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Barrow In Furness Scotland [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Castletown, Isle of Man [1]

Charletown [1]

Cockerton, Darlington [1]

Colby, Isle of Man, England [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Liverpool, [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Orange New South Wales [1]

Oxford England [1]

Patrick, Isle of Man, England [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Port St. Mary, Isle of Man [1]

Portaferry, Down [1]

Rushen, Isle of Man [1]

Seymour Victoria [1]

Zeehan Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [111]

Driver [15]

Corporal [12]

Gunner [11]

Sapper [9]

Serjeant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Lance Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders Depot [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Signal Corps [1]

Civilian Chemist [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [157]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Last name first letter

W [238]

Contribution

Military Service [205]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Place of birth

Port St Mary, Isle of Man, England [8] Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [7] Port Erin, Isle of Man, England [5] Ballarat Victoria [3] Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Mullumbimby New South Wales [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Barrow In Furness Scotland [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Castletown, Isle of Man [1] Charletown [1] Cockerton, Darlington [1] Colby, Isle of Man, England [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Liverpool, [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Orange New South Wales [1] Oxford England [1] Patrick, Isle of Man, England [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Port St. Mary, Isle of Man [1] Portaferry, Down [1] Rushen, Isle of Man [1] Seymour Victoria [1] Zeehan Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [111] Driver [15] Corporal [12] Gunner [11] Sapper [9] Serjeant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] Bombardier [1] Corporal Lance Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Pioneer [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Tank Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders Depot [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Canadian Signal Corps [1] Civilian Chemist [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [157] Australian Imperial Force [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Last name first letter

W [238]

Contribution

Military Service [205] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Thomas Arthur Watterson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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William Watterson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307165

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Fletcher Watterson

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 4359 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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William Watterson

Died 1916

British Army 12336 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William Watterson

Died 1915

British Army 9124 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Peter Watterson

Born 1866

Died 1914

Royal Navy D 1398 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1398/D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Marshall Watterson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 19892 Private Highland Light Infantry

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George Watterson

Born 1916

Died 1916

British Army M/1171 Private Royal Irish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Gerald Watterson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army S4/12815 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Joseph Watterson

Died 1918

British Army 4640 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Watterson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5421 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Henry Iii Watterson

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2137768

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2137768 Private Canadian Infantry

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Auston Douglas Watterson

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85539

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85539 Sapper Canadian Signal Corps

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James Watterson

Born 1865

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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John Levi Watterson

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1010154

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1010154 Private Canadian Infantry

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Randal Watterson

Australian Imperial Force 582

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Ernest Victor Watterson

Australian Imperial Force 32377

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George Watterson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 43076 Private Royal Scots

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Albert Watterson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3238 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George Watterson

Died 1916

British Army 12291 Private Highland Light Infantry

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