division took its objective, Mametz Wood, though with severe losses - Watts would remain with the division for the next year and a half. He later became General Officer Commanding the XIX Corps. Watts was regarded by Field-Marshal Douglas Haig as "a plucky hard little man" and "a fine leader" but also "a distinctly stupid man [who] lacks imagination". While his courage and fighting spirit were well-regarded, planning and organisation were left to his divisional staff. His personality impressed regimental officers; he required Territorial officers of the 61st Division to repeat after him in chorus a salutary maxim: “The natural corollary of delegation of authority is intelligent supervision”. Watts had never attended the Staff College, spending his earlier career entirely on regimental service. Watts unveiled the War Memorial at Mitcham in Surrey in 1920. Family In 1896 he married Elizabeth Daly. References Sources |- 1858 births 1934 deaths British Army lieutenant generals British Army generals of World War I Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George West Yorkshire Regiment officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War