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|Army number=105612
 
|Army number=105612
 
|Rank=2/Lt
 
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Medal 21/1/1949
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|Decorations=Territorial Efficiency Medal 21/1/1949.
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|Date of birth=Not yet known.
 
|Age=0
 
|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, With Battalion on disbandment, Posted 6th Bn DLI, Left 6th Bn by December 1944, Unemployed list as Hon Capt 1946.
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|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 IcelandAttached to 156th Infantry Brigade as a Mountain Warfare Instructor 5/6/1942Returned to 10th Bn DLI.  Served Normandy.  With Battalion on disbandment - August 1944.  Posted 6th Bn DLILeft 6th Bn by December 1944Unemployed 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=Pl Cdr, Coy 2i/c, OC 30/6/1944
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|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
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|Promotions=W/S Lt 19/5/1941, T/Captain 17/11/1942.
|Home address=5,Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent.
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|Home address=Resident at 5,Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent in 1946.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Revision as of 16:45, 10 November 2016

Personnel Entry

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Name Watkins Michael Robert Henry
Army number 105612
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations Territorial Efficiency Medal 21/1/1949.
Date of birth Not yet known.
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.
Company/Battery HQ, A, D,
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
Promotions W/S Lt 19/5/1941, T/Captain 17/11/1942.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Resident at 5,Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent in 1946.
Source table 10DLI