Basic Details
Surname
Watts
Forenames
C E
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Charles Edward
Served or died
Died
Service number
58521
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 53 Westwood Street.

(CWGC records that Private Charles Edward Watts, regimental number 58521, died aged 19 on 29/9/1918 serving in the 6th Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Panel 7 of Vis en Artois Memorial in France. They record him as the son of J.W. and Emily Jane Watts of Triangle Inn, New England, Peterborough.
The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Charles Edward Watts died on or since 29/9/1918, and that his mother Emily was his legatee.
Charles' birth had been registered in Peterborough District in 1899. He was baptised at St Mark's Church in Peterborough on 25/8/1901 as the son of Emily and John William Watts of 87 Westwood Street, Peterborough, where the family was living on the 1901 census. On the 1911 census Charles was living with his parents at 155 Gladstone Street, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
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
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
29
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing, believed killed in action
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
53 WESTWOOD STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial