William John Watt

Killed in Action on the 08/04/1918 after being hit by a high explosive shell

The 71st Brigade were part of the 15th (Scottish) Division throughout the war. The Brigade was reorganised between the 1st and 3rd December 1916. "C" Battery was split up, with one two-gun section going to "A" and "B" Battery to bring them up to six guns each. Its place was taken by "B" Battery from 73 (Howitzer) Brigade, which now became "C" Battery of 71st Brigade. William was Killed in Action when he was struck by a high explosive shell during the German offensives, 1918. He had survived 2 and a half years in France unscathed. William was at home on leave 4 months before his death. I personally laid a Poppy at Williams grave in 2008 (see main grave photo). He is also remembered on the Gartsherrie Works Roll of Honour and at his wife's Family Plot in New Monkland Cemetery (see photos). See photos for William's Medal Index Card, his Newspaper clipping, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls x 2, another photo of William's grave, Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery and Arras Memorial from above, William's Pension Records x 2 and the Royal Field Artillery Cap Badge. William's grave inscription reads "THE LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS".