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Michael George Watney (1920-1943)

Soldier
Service No:174029
Rank:Lieutenant
Service:Joined 23H on 24 March 1941. Attached 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps
KIA:29 Mar 1943 (Died of wounds)
Burial:Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia, grave VI. B. 3. [Grave]
Commemorated:Trinity College War Memorial, Cambridge
Mentioned in:
War Diary
24 March 1941
Casualty List
Record
Press
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3 (with photo)
Civilian
Birth:1 May 1920 in Crowborough, East Sussex
Marriage: to Winifred Mary Way 12 May 1942 at All Saints church, Crowborough
Children:none
Parents
Gerard Norman WatneySylvia Maude
Civil Engineer
The Ghyll, Crowborough, Sussex.
Birth registered Dec 1895 in Croydon, Surrey.
Death 8 Apr 1966 in Sussex.
Burial St Denys Churchyard, Rotherfield, Sussex.
Birth 14 Mar 1890 in Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent
Death 1936 in West Sussex, England
Burial St Denys Churchyard, Rotherfield, Sussex.
Marriage 18 Jun 1919 at All Saints Church, Marylebone, London.

Notes

Michael's brother, 179832 Second Lieutenant Colin Horsley Watney, 4th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, was KIA on 4 Sep 1942 and is buried in El Alamein War Cemetery, Plot XXI. A. 25.