The Cromarty Archive
No: 586 Contributor: Clem Watson Year: 1909
Capt John Watson
Wearing his Boer War medal on his left lapel, and the Royal Humane Society medal on his right lapel (with one of the 5 Clasps he had to this initial medal). He later bought the Ailsa which ran between Cromarty and Invergordon.
Picture added on 28 November 2003
I'm working on my family tree and my greatgrandmother had a brother John Watson born about 1865, who, I think, served in the Boer War. He'd trained as a ship's carpenter. My great-grandmother was Jane Watson, born 1860 in Fishertown. Their parents were Donald (Daniel) Watson, fisherman, dead by 1861, and Jane Hogg who died in 1919 at 17 Shore Street ... she'd been a 'sick nurse' according to various Censuses. I can't trace John Watson after the 1891 Census when he was in Edinburgh. Does anyone know if this could be the same John Watson? They also had a sister Isabella (Bella), married name Skinner, who died in 1913 at 85 Shore Street.
Added by Isabella Rae on 06 October 2007
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Medal 28/11/1894, RHS case no. 27450; clasp 1/10/1898. case no. 29787; clasp 19 9/1914, case no. 41276; clasp 11/11/1914, case no. 41280; clasp 13/9/1919, case no. 45187. The RHS bronze medal was awarded with 4 clasps on four occasions. It was awarded with 5 clasps only once (to Henry Sayer).