1. Decoration: General Service Medal 1918

Gazette Date: 1940-07-20

Gazette Issue: WO 100/502

Gazette Page: 60

Citation: Clasp "Palestine". Awarded as Guardsman, Coldstream Guards.

Date Killed:	19th January 1945
Company:	UNKNOWN
Cemetery:	SUDA BAY CEMETERY CRETE GREECE
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Surname:	Watson
Initials:	E.
Rank:	Sergeant
Army No.:	2656593
Notes:	CMP. Enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, 23/2/40 compulsory transfer to CMP. 19/01/45 Died. He was born and resided in Durham City. Casualty List 1673, Italy, Killed in Action, 19/1/1945. No inscription on gravestone. 1941 Sgt. 65 Coy (TC). Ernest Watson.