Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Acting Serjeant W. E. Watson, 12th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops, who died on 15 Dec 1919

British War and Victory Medals (237134 A. Sjt., C.R.T.); Memorial Plaque (William Edgar Watson) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140

William Edgar Watson was born in Hastings, Ontario on 17 June 1893. A Teamster by occupation, he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 15 March 1916. During the War he served as an Acting Serjeant in the C.R.T. He died on 15 December 1919, aged 26 years, when serving with the 12th Reserve Battalion C.R.T. Watson was buried in Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery. He was the son of John and Eliza J. Watson of 135 Ossington Avenue, Toronto and husband of Gladys M. Watson of 55 Mulock Avenue, Toronto. With copied attestation paper and casualty details.