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.