Pte Horace Watson,18691, 6th Btn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

[LCpl Lee Cope]

Hello, I hope that everybody is well and in good health.

I'm still in the process of moving through the histories of my family tree and now I've arrived at another one of my 2nd Great Granduncles on my paternal side: Pte Horace Watson, 18691, 6th Btn, KOYLI.

He was wounded via GSW to the chest and neck, but survived the war and to find a relative or even a photo, would be amazing. So, I'll attach the documents that I have and continue to research his service during WW1. However, if anybody has anything new to add, I'd be very appreciative.

 *All the attached images have been gained via the Ancestry.com, Find my Past and Fold3 websites, all of which I've paid for.

 Kind regards, Lee. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 May , 2024 by LCpl Lee Cope
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[chaz]

• WO-95-1906-3_01.pdf (Images 1 - 92)
• WO-95-1906-3_02.pdf (Images 93 - 199)

have a look at the war diaries ( free to download if you make an account), back pages have lists of names and numbers of injured.they are feint so look or darken.

originally 3rd Btn, Enlisted 6/10/1914, discharged  27/12/1917, SWB no B7715.   wounded 27/9/1916 hence the links to the parts of the diaries 

 

 

[mancpal]

Lee,

the place to look for photos is usually in the local newspapers from the district he came from. Generally the more eventful a war he had, the better the chances. His wounding might feature, promotions, gallantry awards and even a wedding improve the chances. He will be listed in the official casualty lists and be entitled to a wound stripe had he not been discharged and you will note on his MIC the award of a silver war badge. Good luck with your search.

Simon

[Matlock1418]

4 hours ago, LCpl Lee Cope said:

I hope you checked out the rear of this pension ledger page at WFA/Fold3 - he seems to have again got somewhat better then worse again by late 1922.

You have probably also seen his widow, Hannah's, pension index card claim from sometime after 4/1946 - i.e. later than card's printer's mark [I think this is possibly more likely to be a MoP state widow's pension, rather than strictly a war widow's pension, though this is rather stretching a bit my knowledge for that later period]

M

M

[LCpl Lee Cope]

18 hours ago, chaz said:

• WO-95-1906-3_01.pdf (Images 1 - 92)
• WO-95-1906-3_02.pdf (Images 93 - 199)

have a look at the war diaries ( free to download if you make an account), back pages have lists of names and numbers of injured.they are feint so look or darken.

originally 3rd Btn, Enlisted 6/10/1914, discharged  27/12/1917, SWB no B7715.   wounded 27/9/1916 hence the links to the parts of the diaries 

 

 

Hello Chaz and thank you so much. I was moving onto war diaries next, but you've saved me some time, which is very much appreciated.

17 hours ago, mancpal said:

Lee,

the place to look for photos is usually in the local newspapers from the district he came from. Generally the more eventful a war he had, the better the chances. His wounding might feature, promotions, gallantry awards and even a wedding improve the chances. He will be listed in the official casualty lists and be entitled to a wound stripe had he not been discharged and you will note on his MIC the award of a silver war badge. Good luck with your search.

Simon

Hello Mancpal, that's very true and we have a place local to us, in Derbyshire, called "The Magic Attic". I'll start there, as Castle/Church Gresley is where our family originates from; and still lives here to this day. I'll then move further afield, to Rotherham, Yorkshire, etc. 

[LCpl Lee Cope]

17 hours ago, Matlock1418 said:

I hope you checked out the rear of this pension ledger page at WFA/Fold3 - he seems to have again got somewhat better then worse again by late 1922.

You have probably also seen his widow, Hannah's, pension index card claim from sometime after 4/1946 - i.e. later than card's printer's mark [I think this is possibly more likely to be a MoP state widow's pension, rather than strictly a war widow's pension, though this is rather stretching a bit my knowledge for that later period]

M

M

Hello and thank you for pointing that out. There must have been an issue with the download, as I actually didn't look at the rear of the card. Thank you for pointing that school boy  error out. 

[Matlock1418]

1 minute ago, LCpl Lee Cope said:

I actually didn't look at the rear of the card

Just being pedantic - and yet also as a means of reminding you [and possibly other members] this is an image of a pension ledger page

PLP were/are about three times the size of a pension index card [though the Fold3 scanning for WFA has made the images look the same size and does lead to quite a lot of misidentification] - recognising it is a PLP should lead you to check for any info on the reverse [there isn't always!] - using WFA/Fold3 you use a right arrow > at the bottom of the PLP front [page 1] to toggle to the other side/reverse [page 2] and/or the < to go back.

M