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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 | ||
|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 | |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 | |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 | ||
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Revision as of 12:30, 16 November 2018
Personnel Entry
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