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M2/01847   Lance Corporal George Albert Watson
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 01/01/2022
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 621st M.T. Coy., Royal Army Service Corps (British Army)
Died: 03/08/1919 (Died of Illness)
Age: 25
Summary      
George Albert Watson was the youngest son of William and Catherine Watson. George was born in County Galway about 1894. The 1901 census shows George living with his mother in Castleblakeney, Galway. By 1911 the family had moved to Moy, Co Tyrone. His father worked as a land steward on the Roxborough Estate. The family lived in the only house in Clonbeg. Clonbeg was north of Roxborough Castle. Lance Corporal George Albert Watson was serving with the Royal Army Service Corps when died of tuberculosis in Moy on the 3rd August 1919. He was 25 years old.
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Cemetery Details
Cemetery: Moy St James Church of Ireland Churchyard
  Moy, Co Tyrone, 6
Grave Ref: Beyond Church, near left boundary.
CWGC Casualty 661746
Summary      
There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war and 1 of the 1939-1945 war here.
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1 1901 Census lists Watson family Lists George Albert as age 7 living with the family at house 4.1 in Castleblakeney, Galway
2 1910 Ulster Towns Directory - Moy Watson, Wm., landsteward, Roxboro'
3 1911 Census lists Watson family Lists George Albert as age 17 living with the family at house 1 in Clonbeg, Moy, Tyrone
4 FindAGrave.com Photo of Lance Corporal George Albert Watson's headstone
5 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Lance Corporal George Albert Watson's headstone can be purchased here
6 War-related Graves in Tyrone Cause of Death: Died of Tuberculosis at Moy, County Tyrone
7 Wikipedia - Roxborough Castle Roxborough Castle, Moy, Tyrone
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