Major Sir Tasker Watkins VC GBE DL (18 November 1918 – 9 September 2007) was a Welsh Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice. He was President of the Welsh Rugby Union from 1993 to 2004. In World War II, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest British award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. A war hero who was prominent in the law and in Rugby Union, Watkins was described as The Greatest Living Welshman.
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18 November 1918 Nelson, United Kingdom
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Died |
9 September 2007 (aged 88) Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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