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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Watkins Michael Robert Henry
|Army number=105612
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Medal 21/1/1949
|Age=0
|Unit=Artists Rifles, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/11/1939, Posted and joined 10th Bn DLI 5/12/39, Iceland, Attached to 156th Infantry Brigade as a Mountain Warfare Instructor 5/6/1942, Returned to 10th Bn DLI, Unemployed list as Hon Capt 1946.
|Company/Battery=HQ, A, D,
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Tank-hunting
|Task or role=Pl Cdr, Coy 2i/c, OC 30/6/1944
|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-39
|Promotions=W/S Lt 19/5/1941, T/Captain 17/11/1942
|Home address=5,Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Died/Killed in action=Died April 1987, Bury St Edmunds.  Cremated Cambridgeshire 21/4/1987.
 |Home address=Son of Robert Bartlow Watkins and Elsie Henrietta Davey.  Married Nancy C Loxley in Lancaster Q4 1942.  Resident at 5,Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent in 1946.
-|Image Name=File:Major_Watkins_on_C4_312688_Iceland.jpg
+|Image Name=Major_Watkins_on_C4_312688_Iceland.jpg
 |Image Title=Major Watkins in Iceland with Ariel C4 Number 312688
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Died/Killed in action=Died April 1987, Bury St Edmunds.  Cremated Cambridgeshire 21/4/1987.
 |Home address=Son of Robert Bartlow Watkins and Elsie Henrietta Davey.  Married Nancy C Loxley in Lancaster Q4 1942.  Resident at 5,Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent in 1946.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=2/Lt
 |Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Medal 21/1/1949.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Born 11/6/1917, Wandsworth, London.  Mother's maiden surname Davey.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Artists Rifles.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 19/11/1939.  Posted to, and joined, 10th Bn DLI 5/12/39.  Served BEF?  Served Iceland.  Attached to 156th Infantry Brigade as a Mountain Warfare Instructor 5/6/1942.  Returned to 10th Bn DLI.  Served Normandy.  With Battalion on disbandment - August 1944.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Left 6th Bn by December 1944.  Unemployed list as Hon Capt 1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Artists Rifles.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 19/11/1939.  Posted to, and joined, 10th Bn DLI 5/12/39.  Served BEF?  Served Iceland.  Attached to 156th Infantry Brigade as a Mountain Warfare Instructor 5/6/1942.  Returned to 10th Bn DLI.  Served Normandy.  With Battalion on disbandment - August 1944.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Left 6th Bn by December 1944.  Unemployed list as Hon Capt 1946.
-|Company/Battery=HQ, A, D,
+|Company/Battery=HQ, A, D.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Tank-hunting
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Tank-hunting.
 |Task or role=Platoon Commander,  Company 2i/c,  Officer Commanding Company 30/6/1944.
-|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-39
+|Joined Brigade=05-Dec-39.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 19/5/1941, T/Captain 17/11/1942.
-|Home address=Resident at 5,Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent in 1946.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died April 1987, Bury St Edmunds.  Cremated Cambridgeshire 21/4/1987.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}