WATKINS John Henry

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    WATKINS
  • Service Number:
    27203
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIX. L. 15.
  • Place of Birth:
    Rugeley, Staffordshire, resident and enlisted Droitwich, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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WATKINS John Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Droitwich Council Chamber WW1 Memorial
Droitwich St Andrew’s Church WW1 Memorial
Droitwich War Memorial

Further Information About WATKINS John Henry

Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 3rd March 1917:
Private John H. Watkins, Worcestershire Regiment.
KIA. Only son of Henry Watkins of Droitwich. Born Oct. 1898 and educated at Solihull Grammar School. Enlisted at age 19 and sent to the East, where he met his fate.

A photograph of Private J.H. Watkins of Droitwich can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 3rd March 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Bromsgrove weekly Messenger researched by Adrian Carter.