About: Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson

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Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson VC DSO (7 September 1876 – 28 March 1918) was an English soldier in the First World War. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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rdfs:comment	Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson VC DSO (7 September 1876 – 28 March 1918) was an English soldier in the First World War. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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serviceyears	1897(xsd:integer)
Birth Date	1876-09-07(xsd:date)
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death place	Rossignol Wood France
Name	Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson
Birth Place	Westminster, London
Awards	Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order
death date	1918-03-28(xsd:date)
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Battles	Tirah Campaign Boxer Rebellion First World War
placeofburial	Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery
abstract	Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson VC DSO (7 September 1876 – 28 March 1918) was an English soldier in the First World War. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Educated at St Paul's School, London, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1897 Watson was commissioned into the Green Howards and posted to the regiment's 2nd battalion, then serving in India. He took part in the Tirah Expedition of 1897-1898 on the North West Frontier, in which he was severely wounded, and saw action again in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1898 and after being invalided from India in 1903 he retired to the reserve of regular officers in 1904. In 1909 he joined the 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars). He was promoted Lieutenant in 1911, Captain in 1913. He served in Gallipoli in April 1915 and was promoted to Major in July 1915, before returning to the UK. Attached to the 2nd/5th Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1916, he went to France as the second-in-command in 1917. He was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the DSO in May 1917, having been wounded at Bullecourt on 3 May 1917.

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