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Surname: WATKINS
Forename(s): Eustace Arundel de St Barbe Sladen
Place of Birth: Chippenham, Wiltshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: Devonshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 8th Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1915-01-31
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. L. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Eustace Arundel de St Barbe Sladen Watkins was the son of Robert Arundel and Mary Etheldred Watkins, née Sladen. Robert was born at Treeton, Yorkshire and Mary at Pimlico, London.
1901 Portsmouth, Hampshire Census: 28, South Parade, Eastmans Royal Naval Academy - Eustace A.S. Watkins, aged 12 years, born Chippenham, Wiltshire.
1911 Castle Combe, Wiltshire Census: Shrub House - Eustace Arundel Watkins, aged 22 years, born Castle Combe. Lieut. 3rd Devon Regiment, son of Robert Arundel and Mary Etheldred Watkins.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Capt E.A. de St. B.S. Watkins, 2nd Devonshire Regiment. Disembarkation date: 7 November 1914. Correspondence: R.G. Watkins Esq. applies for 1914 Star in respect of his late son, 23 March 1918. Address: The Shrub, Castle Combe, Chippenham. Medals sent to: Clava Lodge, Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire. N.B. 10 May 1921.
Eustace is commemorated on the War Memorial of the Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens, London.
Photograph: 'Illustrated London News' (20 February 1915).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Captain Eustace Arundel de St Barbe Sladen WATKINS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Devonshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division
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Commander Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins D.S.O., the brother of Eustace Arundel de St Barbe Sladen Watkins
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12 February 1915
SETTLE – Roll of Honour
Lieut. Eustace St. Barbe Sladen Watkins, of the Devon Regiment, who has been with his regiment in France since the commencement of the war, died of wounds received in action on Sunday, 31st January last. The deceased was a promising young officer, and had recently been recommended for a Captaincy. He will be remembered by friends in Settle, where he lived with his aunt, Mrs. G. K. Charlesworth, at The Glebe House, Settle, and attended Giggleswick School about the year 1903. He was the youngest son of Mr. Robert A. Watkins, of Castle Combe, and grandson of the late Rev. B. E. Watkins, of Lawkland Hall.
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12 February 1915
SETTLE
ROLL OF HONOUR – Lieut. Eustace St. Barbe Sladen Watkins, of the Devon Regiment, who has been with his regiment in France since the commencement of the war, died of wounds received in action on Sunday, January 31st last. The deceased was a promising young officer, and had recently been recommended for a captaincy. He will be remembered by friends in Settle, as he lived with his aunt, Mrs. G. K. Charlesworth, at the Glebe House, Settle, and attended Giggleswick School about the year 1903. He was the youngest son of Mr. Robert A. Watkins, of Castle Combe, and grandson of the late Rev. B.E. Watkins, of Lawkland Hall.
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