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Private William Watt

 

 

Private William Watt, of Grallagh, Rathfriland, North Irish Horse Service No.1001. Watt enlisted on 13 August 1914. He embarked for France on 1 May 1915 with D Squadron. He was awared the Military Medal for gallantry (Supplement to the London Gazette, 19 November 1917). At the end of 1917 he transferred to the Tank Corps (No.305509) as a Lance Corporal.

Image, from Belfast Evening Telegraph, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).