John Watkins (rugby union, born 1913)
| 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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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]
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
[edit]References
[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
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1970 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Rugby union players from Taunton
- Somerset County RFU players
- People educated at Epsom College
- Royal Navy rear admirals
- Royal Navy officers of World War II