History while in the forces
Jul 1915: 28th Reserve Battalion Royal FusiliersOct 1915: sent on draft to Service Battalion 18th Royal Fusiliers
14 Nov 1915: went to France and saw service and Givenchy, Cuinchy, Vermelles, Festubert
07 Jan 1916: attached Mining Section 212th Company Royal Engineer
21 Apr 1916: recalled to own Battalion and returned to England to train for Commission at Oxford
Jun 1916: operation for appendicitis. Discharged from Hospital with two months' sick leave
15 Jan 1917: gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment, at Newhaven
- Surname
- Watson
- Forename
- Alexander Durno
- Rating or rank
- 2nd Lieutenant
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
- Branch
- Brighton
- Date of Birth
- 08 Nov 1896
- Date of birth
- 1896
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 21 Dec 1914
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 27 Jul 1915
