Percy Alyn Watts

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Pvt Percy Alyn Watts - Cheshire Regiment - died 30/10/1916 - service no :- 2495 - buried Mold Cemetery.  5th Cheshire Territorials.

The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216141002/percy-alyn-watts



Bio on find a grave - He was born in 1890 in Mold. (Qtr June, Dist Holywell, Vol 11b Page 242) His mother was Clara and she was widowed by 1901. We have been unable to discover his father’s name. The 1901 census places the family in 5 Victoria Terrace in Mold. Percy was 10 and he lived with his 46 year old mother and siblings James Arthur 20yrs a stationer’s assistant and Gertrude Marie 18yrs.

Percy is also remembered on the Mold Flintshire UK War Memorial. Holder of the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. Percy died after being discharged as being physically unfit for army service. He had TB.

Full Bio :- https://www.flintshirewarmemorials.com/memorials/mold-memorial-2/mold-soldiers/percy-alyn-watts/

mother is also buried here :- Clara Watts - 1854 - 1943

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216141004/clara-watts

If you are related or know of sone one who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

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1911 census 14 Alderson Rd Liverpool.

Clara Watts 57 Head
Gertrude Watts 28 Daughter
Percy Watts   20   Son

baptism - Percy Alyn Watts - Baptism
Birth Date   1890 - Baptism Date   9 Jul 1890
Baptism Place   Mold, Flintshire, Wales
Father    James William Watling Watts
Mother    Clara Watts

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1901 census Mold Flintshire

Clara Watts 46   Head
James Arthur Watts 20   Son
Gertrude Marie Watts 18   Daughter
Percy Alyn Watts   10   Son
William Mc Culloch 60   Boarder

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sister's marriage -    Gertrude Marie Watts - 1883 married 3 September 1914 (aged 31 years)
Marriage Place   St. Margret, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Father   James William Watling Watts
Spouse    James Bain Geckie

James B Geekie - 1874 - 1953  (aged 79 years)
Registration Quarter   Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district   Liverpool South Lancashire
Volume   10d Page   576

Gertrude Marie Geekie - 9 February 1883 - 1971  (aged 87 years)
Registration Quarter   Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district   Sutton Greater London
Volume   5e Page   696

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There was a birth registered in Birkenhead

Births Sep 1915   
Geekie    Alison M    Watts    Birkenhead    8a   996

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Brother James Arthur Watts - Newsagent Mold.

marriage - James Arthur Watts - 1910
Registration Quarter   Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district   West Derby   Lancashire
Volume   8b Page   698
spouse Florence Maude H Watts

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1881 census, Nantwich, Cheshire gives another brother Herbert V Watts age 2, born Newport, Monmouthshire.
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1881 census, Nantwich, Cheshire gives another brother Herbert V Watts age 2, born Newport, Monmouthshire.
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Sadly Herbert V Watts died in 1893 (aged 13/14 years)  - find a grave

Mold Cemetery Mold, Flintshire.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216141003/herbert-victory-watts

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