Rear-Admiral John Kingdon Watkins CB OBE (24 February 1913 – 13 May 1970) was a Royal Navy officer and England international rugby union player of the 1930s.[1]
| Full name | John Kingdon Watkins | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 February 1913 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Taunton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 May 1970 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | St Marylebone, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Epsom College | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Metallurgist / Navy officer | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Taunton, Watkins was a Navy and Somerset wing-forward, capped three times for England in the 1939 Home Nations, the tournament's final edition before being suspended during the war.[2]
Watkins was mentioned in dispatches serving with the Royal Navy in World War II. He held several high ranking positions after the war and in 1965 was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. At his retirement in 1967, Watkins was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath for his military service.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - W". www.unithistories.com.
- ^ "J. K. Watkins Gets His First Cap". Evening Post. 9 January 1939.
- ^ "Rear-Admiral John Kingdon Watkins". The Daily Telegraph. 14 May 1970.
External links
edit- John Watkins at ESPNscrum