Orders, Decorations and Medals

Victory Medal 1914-19 (202420 Pte. W. F. Watson, Y. & L. R.); Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed, in Royal Mint case of issue; Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, unnamed, good very fine and better (3) £30-50

William Feetum Watson enlisted at Sheffield. Serving with the 2nd/4th (Hallamshire) (T.F.) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, he was killed in action on 3 May 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He was the son of John Feetum and Mary Catherine Watson of 19 Flaxby Road, Darnall, Sheffield.