Aged 21 years

Died 17th February 1917

Commemorated at Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension
Grave M. 37.

Stanwick Soldier Victims
Lance-Cpl. G. Watford Killed

Mrs. G. Watford, junr., of Stanwick has received official notice of the death of her husband, Lance-Corpl. G. Watford, 14654 Northants Regt. Deceased, who succumbed to shell wounds in a Field Ambulance in France at 6 p.m. on February 17th, is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Watford, senr., of Stanwick. Aged 21 years, he leaves a wife and one child. Deceased joined the Colours in September 1914, and went to France in July 1915. The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Watford, senr., is serving with the Northamptons in Egypt, and Mr. Watford himself has been serving with the Colours as a national reservist since the outbreak of war.

Stanwick - Sergt. W. Watford, Northants Regt., who has just received a third stripe, went through the campaign at Gallipoli, and is now in Egypt. He is the son of Mr. Watford, of Stanwick, who has been a member of the Royal Defence Corps since the outbreak of the war, and whose son George Watford has made the supreme sacrifice. Sergt. Watford was in the Territorials and was mobilised when war broke out.