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Pte. James Thomas Watson
British Army 20th (Wearside) Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Chester le Street
(d.25th Oct 1918)
While researching family tree I came across the records in the Burnt records section on Ancestry for James Watson killed in action France and Flanders.
He was not on the Commonwealth War Graves list and not specifically mentioned in Durham Record Office DLI Records. Although not a direct ancestor he features on my tree. Ancestry have images of his attestation record, so wondering why he is not on CW Graves site
James Thomas was born in Chester le Street in 1897 the son of Thomas and Louisa Alvina Watson nee Wilson. He married Mary Middlemass in 1908 and had four sons and one daughter.
He served as a private in 20th Bn DLI and was killed in action 25th of October 1918 at Heestert, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
I am wondering if he is on the war memorial in Chester le Street?