8th December 2015 William Watson William was born in 1898 in Barnack and lived at 38 Main Street, Barnack for the first few years of his life. When father Henry died, William moved with mother Elizabeth and his older brothers to 1a Maltings Yard, Water Street. He went with Harry to St Martins school but he did not follow his brothers into war service. In the space of a few years, Elizabeth Watson had lost her husband and two of her sons so she would not want to risk losing another.