WATSON John Mortimer

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Mortimer 
  • Surname:
    WATSON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Surgeon Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Ship:
    HMS Diamond
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th April 1941
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 61, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry Allan Watson & Kathleen Alice Watson of Worcester. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

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WATSON John Mortimer Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St George’s Church

Further Information About WATSON John Mortimer

Appears on the Royal Navy casualties list for Worcestershire.

Died when HMS Diamond was sunk by German dive-bomber aircraft during the evacuation of Greece.

A letter from John’s sister, Joan M. Watson, 27 St Georges Square, Worcester, dated 18th February (no year) can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that his name be added to the county roll of honour. The letter states that Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant John Mortimer Watson, RNVR, HMS Diamond was lost off Greece on 27th April 1941.

A further letter from Reverend James G. McNought, St George’s Vicarage, dated 19th May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that John Mortimer Watson be added to the county roll of honour.

John Watson has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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