WILLIAM “TIGER” WATTS SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT IN GIBRALTAR, THE FAR EAST,
BELGIUM AND FRANCE, WHERE, HAVING BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY THE REGIMENT IN
BELGIUM WITH A COUPLE OF HIS MATES, MISSED DUNKIRK BY SEVERAL DAYS, ESCAPING
FROM St. MALO BY FISHING BOAT SEVERAL WEEKS LATER.
AFTER THE WAR HE WAS STATIONED AT THE SCHOOL OF COMBINED Ops., IN BARNSTABLE.
DEVON AND WHILE THERE, ASSISTED THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES DURING THE MAJOR
FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1950’s. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO WREXHAM AND FINISHED HIS ARMY CAREER IN LIVERPOOL AT SEAFORTH BARRACKS.
HE SERVED DURING THE PERIOD 1931 TI 1957, TEACHING THE RANK OF SERGEANT. HE WAS
A KEEN SPORTSMAN AND BELIEVED TO BE THE REGIMENTAL WELTERWEIGHT BOXING
CHAMPION. HE ALSO PLAYED CRICKET AND WAS FLY HALF ON THE REGIMENTAL RUGBY
TEAM