10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
09/09/1886
Died:
01/07/1916 (Died of Wounds)
Age:
29
Summary
James Watters was the only son of David and Sarah Watters. He was born on 9th September 1886. The family lived in Tobermore town. His mother was a seamstress. Both he and his father were farm servants. James Watters married Sarah McHarg in September 1914, around the time he enlisted. Private James Watters was serving with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was wounded again on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. He was taken to a field hospital where he later died.
Warloy-Baillon is a village about 21 kilometres north-east of Amiens along the D919 to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the east side of the village and the extension is on the eastern side of the cemetery.
