Basic Details
Surname
Watts
Forenames
Charles David
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
61657
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 67 Percival Street.

(CWGC records that Private Charles David Watts, regimental number 61657, died aged 19 on 24/2/1917 serving in 23rd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and is buried in grave Vi.A.27 at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France. They record him as the son of Charles Joseph and Edith Watts of 67 Percival Street, Peterborough.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Charles was a native of Hunslett, Yorkshire who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted, and that he served in the Royal Sussex Regiment under regimental number 11760 before joining the Royal Fusiliers).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Fusiliers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Near Albert
Cemetery
Dumacourt [sic] Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
February
Day of death
24
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds at 45th Casualty Clearing Station in France.
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
67 PERCIVAL STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial