Difference between revisions of "Watkins John George Cpl 4442979"

From 70 Brigade
Jump to: navigation, search
(CSV import)
 
Line 2: Line 2:
 
|Surname and forenames=Watkins John George
 
|Surname and forenames=Watkins John George
 
|Army number=4442979
 
|Army number=4442979
|Rank=Cpl
+
|Rank=Corporal
 +
|Date of birth=Birth registered in Hartlepool, Q2 1903.  Probable birth date 1/3/1903.
 +
|Decorations=None known so far.
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Enl 10/11/1923, Durham, R, 7/5, Aged 20, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland?, Trf Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 20/8/1942,
+
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry.  Enlisted 10/11/1923 at Durham as a Regular Soldier for a  7/5 engagement, aged 20.  Probably recalled to the Colours from the Reserve or he may have re-enlisted.  Posted to the 10th Bn DLI - date not yet known but known to have been with 10th Battalion in France on 11/5/1940, so may have been mobilised 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.  Served Iceland? Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 20/8/1942.
|Home address=Born Holy Trinity, Hartlepool, Labourer.  Next of kin - uncle James Kilburn, Warren St. Hartlepool.
+
|Joined Brigade=Possibly 1/9/1939.
 +
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 +
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 +
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 +
|Home address=Son of John G Watkins (1877 - 1950) and Lily Clark Kilburn (1879 - ? )  Born Holy Trinity, Hartlepool.  Worked as a Labourer.  Next of kin was his uncle James Kilburn, of Warren St. Hartlepool.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
}}
 
}}

Revision as of 12:30, 16 November 2018

Personnel Entry

Image placeholder
Image placeholder

Name Watkins John George
Army number 4442979
Rank Corporal
Decorations None known so far.
Date of birth Birth registered in Hartlepool, Q2 1903. Probable birth date 1/3/1903.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 10/11/1923 at Durham as a Regular Soldier for a 7/5 engagement, aged 20. Probably recalled to the Colours from the Reserve or he may have re-enlisted. Posted to the 10th Bn DLI - date not yet known but known to have been with 10th Battalion in France on 11/5/1940, so may have been mobilised 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F. Served Iceland? Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 20/8/1942.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Son of John G Watkins (1877 - 1950) and Lily Clark Kilburn (1879 - ? ) Born Holy Trinity, Hartlepool. Worked as a Labourer. Next of kin was his uncle James Kilburn, of Warren St. Hartlepool.
Source table 10DLI