We remember Bernard Watkins

We remember Bernard Watkins

Timeline

Timeline

1893
birth Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Source:9098001 Source:8484756 1893
1911
employment Postman General Post Office Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9098001 April 1911
1911
location 11 Waterloo Place, Swadincote, Staffordshire United Kingdom other group residence address Source:9098001 April 1911
1916
enlistment Burton-on -Trent, East Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:8484756 1916
1916
service British Army Rifleman 5338 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8484759 1916 - 31st December 1916
1917
service British Army Rifleman 372677 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8484759 1st January 1917 - 8th October 1917
employment Postal Staff General Post Office Burton Upon Trent, East Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9097725
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8484756
location Burton-on Trent, East Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:8484756
1917
death Died of wounds Pas de Calais France Source:8484759 Source:8484756 8th October 1917
burial Etaples Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Source:8484759

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Bernard
Initials B
Last Name Watkins
Source 4642567
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
11 Waterloo Place, Swadincote, Staffordshire United Kingdom other group residence address known April 1911
Burton-on Trent, East Staffordshire United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 372677 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 5338 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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Burton Upon Trent Postal District War Memorial Valerie34433

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