Military
- William Watson (sergeant) (1826–?), author and soldier in the Confederate States Army
- William Watson (surgeon) (1837–1879), surgeon in the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War
- William E. Watson, military historian
- William H. Watson (1815–1846), Mexican-American War soldier from Maryland
- William Thornton Watson (1887–1961), New Zealand officer in the Australian Imperial Force
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it. The antique arm whined as he reached for another mug. It was a Russian military prosthesis, a seven-function force-feedback manipulator, cased in grubby pink plastic.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious. For that we care for them; from that have issued endless consequences.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)