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Pte. Ralph Wycliffe Watson
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.18th Aug 1918)
Ralph Wycliffe Watson enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment(Prince of Wales Own). He died on the 18th August 1918 and is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and is buried in Thelus Military Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. It also records earlier service in the Yorkshire Regiment No. 13500.
Ralph was born in Tyne Dock 1891, son of Francis Wycliffe and Margaret Ann Watson nee Laughton of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 36 Clayton Street, Jarrow. Francis Wycliffe(48) is a ships fitter - engineering and his wife of 25 years Margaret Ann has had 9 children all living at home. Elizabeth Jane(23), at home, Thomas William Wycliffe(21) a Boot Shop Manager, Ralph Wycliffe(18) apprentice ships rivetter, Hannah(15), Sarah Ann(13), George Dundonald(11), Florence(8) and David(6) are all attending school. Norman is 4 years old.
