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Rfn. Charles Watkins
Britsh Army Rifle Brigade
from:Lambeth
(d.27th May 1917)
Charles Watkins was my grandfather's brother in law and although he was not killed by enemy action he still served his country. He died of illness and is buried at St Ever Cemetery, Rouen.
He was awarded the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
His wife Eliza Watkins formerly Appleton did remarry and her son from her second marriage was Able Seaman Henry Samuel George Davies, Portsmouth Division. Official number P/JX.215456 was killed whilst serving aboard HMS Panther in the Mediterranaen Sea when his ship was sunk by German Dive Bombers on the 9th October 1943 He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea.