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Name: R WATKINS
Rank: Able Seaman
Official number: JX 148476
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1943-10-11
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Hampshire
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: CROFTON (HOLY ROOD) OLD CHURCHYARD - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Grave 797
Family details: Son of John and Mary Ann Watkins; husband of Lily Watkins. of Peel Common. Native of Dimmick, Gloucestershire. His son Stanley John also died in service
Rank: Able Seaman
Official number: JX 148476
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1943-10-11
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Hampshire
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: CROFTON (HOLY ROOD) OLD CHURCHYARD - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Grave 797
Family details: Son of John and Mary Ann Watkins; husband of Lily Watkins. of Peel Common. Native of Dimmick, Gloucestershire. His son Stanley John also died in service
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