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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Watkins John George
|Army number=4442979
|Rank=Cpl
|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,
|Home address=Born Holy Trinity, Hartlepool, Labourer. Next of kin - uncle James Kilburn, Warren St. Hartlepool.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Decorations=None known so far.
 |Age=89 at the time of his death.
-|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.
+|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.  Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 9/9/1944 - Daily Orders M70/44, documents sent.
 |Joined Brigade=Possibly 1/9/1939.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.

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 |Army number=4442979
 |Rank=Corporal
-|Date of birth=Birth registered in Hartlepool, Q2 1903.  Probable birth date 1/3/1903.
+|Date of birth=Born 1/3/1903.  Birth registered in Hartlepool, Q2 1903.
 |Decorations=None known so far.
-|Age=0
+|Age=89 at the time of his death.
 |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.
 |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.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died October 1992, Kensington and Chelsea, London.  (Had he become an In-Pensioner at Chelsea Hospital?).
-|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.
+|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.  No trace yet of a marriage.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}