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|Surname and forenames=Watkins John George | |Surname and forenames=Watkins John George | ||
|Army number=4442979 | |Army number=4442979 | ||
|Rank= | |Rank=Corporal | ||
|Age= | |Date of birth=Born 1/3/1903. Birth registered in Hartlepool, Q2 1903. | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry | |Decorations=None known so far. | ||
|Home address=Born Holy Trinity, Hartlepool | |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. 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. | |||
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is 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. No trace yet of a marriage. | |||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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An acknowledgment is due to the RNF Museum for information drawn from the Enlistment Books. | |||
Latest revision as of 15:41, 9 August 2019
Personnel Entry
Name Watkins John George
Army number 4442979
Rank Corporal
Decorations None known so far.
Date of birth Born 1/3/1903. Birth registered in Hartlepool, Q2 1903.
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. Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 9/9/1944 - Daily Orders M70/44, documents sent.
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 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. No trace yet of a marriage.
Source table 10DLI
An acknowledgment is due to the RNF Museum for information drawn from the Enlistment Books.