Oliver Watson
Acting Lieutenant Colonel, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
VC
- Rank
- Acting Lieutenant Colonel all Lieutenant-Colonels →
- Unit
- King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) all King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) VCs →
- Date of action
- 28 March 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
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