Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookt two evenings every week) to social work in the University Settlement, delighting especially in playing with the children and telling them stories. One of his most successful efforts, a popular exposition of Physical Methods in Therapeutics, is included in a volume published by Messrs. T.C. & E.C. Jack. Another little work entitled "Waiting Night Sketches" with a memoir and a Personal Impression was printed for private circulation at the Darien Press, Edinburgh, 1916. [Illustration: =David Galloway Watson.=] =WATSON, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 298094, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =WATSON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8159), 293612, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WATSON, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1978), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WATSON, JOHN ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4751A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WATSON, LOUIS TALBOT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt., 3rd _s._ of Col. Richard Talbot Watson, of Honeybrook House, Franche, Kidderminster, V.D., J.P., and formerly O.C. 1st Vol. Battn. Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of James Morton; _b._ Kidderminster, 7 March, 1881; educ. Clifton College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. 8 Jan. 1901; posted to the 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt. 9 March following, and promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1902 and Capt. 22 Jan. 1909; served in the South African War, 1901-2, being employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and the Transvaal (Queen's medal with five clasps). He then transferred to the 2nd Worcesters and served with this battn. in Africa, Ceylon and India, re-transferring to the 1st Battn. on 22 Jan. 1909. He left for France early in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. He _m._ at Arreton, Isle of Wight, 28 Sept. 1911, Margaret Amy, 2nd dau. of William Hartshorne Shorthose, of Stickworth Hall, Arreton, and had a dau., Diana Marion, _b._ 12 June, 1912. [Illustration: =Louis Talbot Watson.=] =WATSON, ROBERT=, a Private, No. 2083, 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Watson, of Gilmerton Dairy, Midlothian, Dairyman, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Alexander Anderson, of Lanarkshire; _b._ Midlothian, 20 Jan. 1890; educ. Public School there, and was afterwards employed as an assistant ironmonger. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, while assisting a wounded comrade into safety, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Robert Watson.=] =WATSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2333, 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Watson (died March, 1916), Law Clerk, by his wife, Lillias Barrie (19, India Street, Edinburgh), dau. of William Walker; _b._ Edinburgh, 4 Dec. 1890; educ. Daniel Stewart's College there; served his apprenticeship as a Chartered Accountant with Messrs. Carter Greig & Co., C.A., Edinburgh, and after being admitted a member of the C.A. Society received an appointment with Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Co., Accountants, London. He joined the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1909, and served with it until he left Edinburgh, but on the outbreak of war returned, and rejoined his old regt. and volunteered for foreign service; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 June following; _unm._ [Illustration: =Thomas Watson.=] =WATSON, TOM=, A.B., J. 7935, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WATSON, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 27778, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WATT, GEORGE HIMPHILL=, A.B., 220630, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =WATT, GEORGE MURTAGH=, Private, No. 1422, 1/7th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Watt, of 11, The Grove, Crouch End, late Sergt. 2nd King's Liverpool Regt., now a Customs Watcher, by his wife, Adelaide Nuletta, dau. of the late John Parsons, of Leek; _b._ Colchester Barracks, 15 April, 1895; educ. Crouch End Council School, and was an employee on the G.N.R.; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 12 Dec. 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 26 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the field adjoining Madame Surchelle Descamps' farm at Sailly. [Illustration: =George Murtagh Watt.=] =WATTS, ALFRED GEORGE BERTRAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23432, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Alfred Watts, of Farndish Road, Irchester, Wellingborough; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =WATTS, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8854, 1st Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Thomas Watts, of Langridge Farm, Nazeing, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of John Wright; _b._ Sherington, co. Bucks, 23 June, 1887; educ. Nazeing Schools; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. of the Bedfords, 7 Jan. 1907, served seven years with the Colours, then passed into the reserves, but, war breaking out a few months later, he was recalled and attd. to the 1st Battn. He went to France with the First Expeditionary Force, served in France and Flanders during the winter of 1914-15, and was shot by a sniper as he was going on duty at a listening post, 16 March, 1915; _unm._ The bullet entered just below the heart and he only lived 15 minutes. He was buried in the woods about 1½ miles from Ypres and about half a mile from the Chateau de Rosendale. A cross with his name marks the spot. [Illustration: =Frank William Watts.=] =WATTS, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7920), S.S. 103428, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WATTS, JAMES ROBERT=, Private, No. 2458, 1/2nd Battn. The Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Aldwyn Watts, of 26, Railway Terrace, Griffithstown, co. Monmouth, Haulier in the employ of the Panteg Urban District Council, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Thornton, of Gladestry, Herefordshire; _b._ Kings Pyon, co. Hereford, 4 Oct. 1896; educ. Griffithstown Council School; was employed at the Panteg Steel Works; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914; went to France in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Bizet, Belgium, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Col. Cuthbertson, commanding the 2nd Monmouthshires, wrote: "Your son was killed on the 12th of this month, and a more gallant soldier never lived. He is buried in a soldiers' cemetery not very far from the trenches where he met his death, and a careful record of his place of burial is being kept. A small cross with his name has been put up to his memory:" and one of his comrades wrote: "We all found him a jolly and good-hearted lad, and a very brave soldier. He feared nothing, but always thought of his duty to |