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The Roll lists his address as 45 Highbury Street, Peterborough.
(CWGC records that Private Albert Henry Watson, regimental number 3/10506, died aged 45 on 24/2/1916 serving in the Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave 7.3.2613 at Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough. They record him as the husband of Caroline Louisa Watson of 45 Highbury Street, Millfield, Peterborough.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Albert was a native of Peterborough. His birth was registered in Peterborough in 1871. On the 1871 census he was living with his parents Mary Ann and George Cornelius Love Watson at 9 Waterloo Place, Narrow Bridge Street, Peterborough.
Albert's Army service file records that he enlisted on 28/8/1889 at Northampton as a Private in the 4th Battalion Northamptonshrie Regiment. On 16/11/1889 he transferred to the 1st Battalion. On 16/12/1890 he was posted overseas with the 2nd Battalion. On 14/11/1892 he transferred to the 1st Battalion and was posted to India. He returned to the UK on 1/2/1897, and joined the Army Reserves 4 days later.
He was recalled on 9/10/1899 and was posted on 21/10/1899 to South Africa, where he remained throughout the Boer War, earning clasps for the Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Dreifontein, Johannesberg and Diamond Hill Campaigns. He returned to the UK on 18/8/1902 and was discharged 5 days later.
Albert married Caroline Louisa Dudley in Lincoln in 1903. On the 1911 census they were living at 24 Staunton Street in Lincoln with their 2 children. According to his obituary in the Peterborough Standard, he rejoined the Northamptonshire Regiment upon the outbreak of World War 1.
Soldiers Died in the Great War indicates that he served at the Regiment's Depot. His death on 24/2/1916 at the age of 45 was registered in Northampton District. On 4/3/1916 the Peterborough Standard reported his death and his burial with full military honours).