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{{Short description|Welsh judge, barrister, soldier, teacher and sports executive}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] [[The Right Honourable]] |name = Sir Tasker Watkins |honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VC|GBE|DL}} |image = Tasker Watkins statue, Principality Stadium, 2023 02.jpg |alt = |caption = Statue at the [[Millennium Stadium]], Cardiff |office = Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales |term_start = 1988 |term_end = 1993 |nominator = |appointer = |predecessor = |successor = [[The Lord Judge]] |office2 = [[Lord Justice of Appeal]] |term_start2 = 1980 |term_end2 = 1993 |office3 = [[Welsh Rugby Union|President of the Welsh Rugby Union]] |term_start3 = 1993 |term_end3 = 2004 |predecessor3 = Graham Tregidon |successor3 = [[Keith Rowlands]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1918|11|18|}} |birth_place = [[Nelson, Caerphilly|Nelson]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|09|09|1918|11|18}} |death_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales |restingplace = [[Thornhill Cemetery]], [[Cardiff]] (cremated) |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |citizenship = |nationality = |party = |otherparty = <!--For additional political affiliations--> |spouse = {{marriage|Eirwen Evans|1941}} |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |children = 2 |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = |awards = [[Order of the British Empire|GBE]]<br>[[Knight Bachelor|Kt]]<br>[[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|K.StJ]] <!--Military service--> | allegiance = [[United Kingdom]] | branch = [[British Army]] | serviceyears = 1939β1944 | rank = [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] | unit = [[Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry]]<br>[[Welch Regiment]] | commands = | battles = [[World War II]] | mawards = [[Victoria Cross]] | relations = }} '''Sir Tasker Watkins''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VC|GBE|DL}} (18 November 1918 β 9 September 2007) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[Lord Justice of Appeal]] and deputy [[Lord Chief Justice]]. He was President of the [[Welsh Rugby Union]] from 1993 to 2004. During the [[Second World War]], he served in the [[British Army]] and was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest British award for valour 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''.<ref>{{cite news|title=SIR TASKER WATKINS VC Lawyer, judge and war hero|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/sir-tasker-watkins-1-918527|access-date=26 June 2015|work=The Scotsman on Sunday|date=12 September 2007|archive-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627032212/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/sir-tasker-watkins-1-918527|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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