Maj. Alastair Norman West West-Watson ²³

Born: 25 May 1915, Halifax RD, Yorkshire, England
Marriage (1): Sheila Barabara Heddon in 1948 in , Singapore, Malaya ²³
Marriage (2): Doreen N. L. Matthews Sep Q 1941 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: Mar 1995, Thanet District, , England aged 79

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Spouses/Children:

1. Sheila Barabara Heddon

Dr. Andrew John West-Watson
Peter M. West-Watson

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=West-Watson&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1916&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&msbdp=5&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=1276383&db=ONSDeath93&indiv=1

And

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=eFGTnJ1Un%2F0a4AzMKOdVEA&scan=1

bullet Death Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=West-Watson&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1916&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&msbdp=5&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=1276383&db=ONSDeath93&indiv=1

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ONSDeath93&h=1276383&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8753

Death is probably on the 27th of Feb.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Ancestors. I am reasonably sure he is related somehow to William Norman W. West-Watson M.D. There are many references to him in the London Gazette and the initials are remarkably similar.

and

BMD - http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?did=17&pidlist=7579-23221157_8912-58495746&o_iid=39552&o_lid=39552&o_sch=Web+Property&gss=angs&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=58495746&db=FreeBMDBirth&indiv=1

Similarly I think his mother is probably Constance Gladys Mossop.

See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3244231&id=I642857689

13/8/2010 I am more than ever convinced his father was William Norman West West-Watson and his mother was Constance Gladys Mossop. He had two brothers William Ronald West West-Watson and Edward Colin West-Watson and a sister Jeanette West-Watson.

William Ronald West died in a plane crash in the USA in 1954 married Jeanie G. Williams
Edward Colin West married Esme H. Jarrett/Garrett in Q3 1946.
Jeanette C West-Watson married Stepen A. R. Guest

14/8/2011 Now proved.

• Military Service. The London Gazette
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 16 APRIL, 1948 2405
INTELLIGENCE CORPS.
Short Serv Commns 2nd 'Lt. (War Subs Lt ) Alastair Norman West WEST-WATSON (117694) from D W R , Emerg. Commn. to be Lt , ist Mar 194.8', with seniority, loth Aug 1941

The London Gazette
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/42083/supplements/4662
4662 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, STH JULY 1960
INTELLIGENCE CORPS
REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Class III
Maj. A. N. W. WEST-WATSON (117694) relinquishes his commn., 1st July 1959, retaining the rank of Maj.

• Travel. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1518&iid=30807_A001121-00122&fn=Alastair&ln=West+Watson&st=r&ssrc=&pid=8726220

Ships manifest - has him as a Manufacturer living at Victor Lodge, Mannington, Bradford in 1937.

• Web Based Info. GRO Indexes - Army returns - Marriages 1946 - 1950
West-Watson Alastair N. W. Heddon Singapore Year 1948 Pages (18)54

Alastair married Sheila Barabara Heddon, daughter of Thomas Kenneth Roy Heddon and Violet Dorothy Weakley, in 1948 in , Singapore, Malaya.²³ The marriage ended in divorce. (Sheila Barabara Heddon was born on 17 Jul 1916 in Croydon RD, , England ²³ and died in Aug 1992 in Slough, Berkshire, England ²³.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• General Comment. ²³ Marriage Notes: He left her, she divorced him -Tim Weakley

• Web Based Info. GRO Indexes - Army returns - Marriages 1946 - 1950
West-Watson Alastair N. W. Heddon Singapore Year 1948 Pages (18)54

Alastair next married Doreen N. L. Matthews in 1948 in , Singapore, Malaya. The marriage ended in divorce.

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=WEQMGj6Lwj%2FPYndFB8ZPvg&scan=1

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