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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
In 1918, {{MidRN}} Watkinson served in the battleships {{UK-Dreadnought}} and {{UK-Warspite}}. | |||
Watkinson was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 July, 1921. | Watkinson was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 July, 1921. | ||
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Lieutenant Donald John Grange Watkinson, (3 May, 1899 – 10 January, 1924) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
In 1918, Midshipman Watkinson served in the battleships Dreadnought and Warspite.
Watkinson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1921.
Watkinson died aboard L 24 when she was lost with all hands following a collision with battleship Resolution eleven miles off Portland Bill on 10 January, 1924. He is entombed within the submarine at thirty fathoms depth.[1][2]
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