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Denis James Thomas Watts

 

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1922, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire

 

1938, Private. 885121, Royal Artillery

 

18th July 1939 

 

18th July 1939, Royal Air Force

 

Sergeant. Air Gunner, 651006

 

RAF Shandur, Egypt.

 

17th Augyst 1944

 

22 years

 

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 

 

 

 

 

Under clause 15 of Paragraph 204 Territorial Army Regulations.

 

A man of the Territorial Army may enter the Royal Navy or enlist into the Regular Army, the Militia (Supplementary Reserve, Categories A and B only), the Royal Marines or the Royal Air Force, and, on final approval, is deemed to be discharged from the Territorial Army, but must return in good order the articles of clothing, &c., issued to him belonging to the Territorial Army. He is not, however, allowed to join the Royal Naval Reserve or the Army Reserve (other than the Supplementary Reserve, Categories A or B.)

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Ernest Thomas Watts

 

Lilian (nee Lloyd)

 

Doreen E Watts

Iris Lilian Watts

31st December 1898 - 30th November 1946

 

2nd August 1900 - 1976

 

1927 -  

1st October 1929 - 1st October 2016

 

Married: 1921,  Llanelly, Carmarthenshire

 

 

 

Died: 7, Buttermere Road, Weston-Super Mare

9, Lower Cwm, Knighton, Radnorshire

The inscription on Denis's headstone reads:-

Sleep on, beloved

No day dawns

No night returns

But what we think of you.

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