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Identity
Person No.
27813
Service No.
X/15964
Last Name
Watkin 1
First Name
Hugh Geoffrey
Initials
H G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1892 (±1 yr) 466
Age at Death
51
Death Record
Date of Death
16 January 1943 83
Cause code
DOAS 7,467
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,448
Died on active service
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
East African Intelligence Corps 1
Unit
1 Coast Security Unit, Kenya Det. 1
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Location
Country
Kenya 875
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
MOMBASA (MBARAKI) CEMETERY 33
Grave Reference
R.C. Service Plot. Row A. Grave 4. 1
Coordinates
-4.06741, 39.6651 OSM
Notes

On war memorial in in Marandellas, Rhodesia. Now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe. Son of Alfred Watkin of Lymm, Cheshire; husband of Audrey Watkin, of Newton Abbot, South Devon.

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "East African Intelligence Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.

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