2nd/Lieutenant Harry Watson
1/9th Kings Liverpool Regiment
Killed in action 12th August 1916
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Also commemorated in Colne Cemetery
Commemorated on the Burnley Grammar School Memorial
Burnley Express 23rd August 1916

(Colne cemetery. Entry reads Second Lieutenant Harry Watson B.Sc., 1st/9th The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action in France on 12th August 1916, aged 29. Son of James and Nancy Watson, of Field House, Mytholmroyd.)

These are items I have obtained in my research into the fallen of Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire. Harry lived here for 9 years working in his father's fustian business before becoming a teacher in Ormskirk. Also Harry is mentioned here in detail, including pictures (used with website creator's permission) :

www.9thkings.co.uk/WatsonH.html

The picture is scanned from the Mytholmroyd commemorative Book of the Fallen compiled by Jade Smith in October 2011 from information published in the Halifax Courier and Hebden Bridge Times. This book brings together the names of those from the communities of Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Brearley and Hawksclough who gave their lives in the Great War.

(courtesy of Wayne Ogden)