Date of birth:

1909 (Broughty Ferry/Dundee, Great Britain)

Date of death:

1974

Service number:

T.S.315

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Skipper Lieutenant Alexander Watson, during peacetime a Skipper of a Trawler sailing out of Dundee, Scotland joined the Navy at the outbreak of war and served as an Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant in command of a LCT and was posted to the Middle East where he served notably at Tobruk and during the D Day landings.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Temporary Skipper

Awarded on:

February 11th, 1941

Awarded for:

Operation Overlord

Citation:
"For courage and skill in bringing down an enemy aircraft during the landings in Normandy."

He was presented with his award at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on the 27th of July 1945, by HM King George VI.

• Photo 1: John Carr Watson
• - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 7th February 1941, Issue 35070, dated 11th February 1941
  - Newspaper article