WATKINS Joseph

  • First Name(s):
    Joseph 
  • Surname:
    WATKINS
  • Service Number:
    14328
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    17th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Plot 1. Row F. Grave 20.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Joseph and Charlotte Watkins, 58 The Common, Abberley, Worcester

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WATKINS Joseph Is Named On These Memorials

Abberley St Mary’s Church
Bewdley War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Bewdley War Memorial with the additional information: Pte. Lan. Fus.

Further Information About WATKINS Joseph

1. Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Bewdley casualty list.

2. Joseph Watkins was born on 10th March 1886 at Wyre Hill, Bewdley, the son of Joseph and Charlotte Watkins. In 1893 the family moved to Abberley Common where Joseph’s father had acquired the position of Brickwork Manager. Joseph and his siblings were admitted to the village school on 18th September 1893. During his time at the school Joseph appears in the school log book on a number of occasions, all connected with bad behaviour and punishment. At the age of 14 Joseph left school and became a brick maker, working alongside his father in the local brickworks until his enlistment in the army.

A report on the death of Joseph Watkins and details of other family members serving overseas appears in the Kidderminster Shuttle, 7th October 1916.

3. A photograph of Private J. Watkins, Lancashire Fusiliers can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 2nd September 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: 1. and 3. Researched by Sandra Taylor. 2. Researched and transcribed by Jo Roche.