Editing Tasker Watkins (section)

==Honours and decorations==

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[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|100px]]
[[File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.png|100px]]
[[File:Knight-Bachelor.ribbon.png|100px]]
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[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|100px]]
[[File:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png|100px]]
[[File:France and Germany Star BAR.svg|100px]]
[[File:Defence Medal BAR.svg|100px]]
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[[File:Ribbon - War Medal.png|100px]]
[[File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|100px]]
[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|100px]]
[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|100px]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto"
|- style="background:silver;" align="center"
|Ribbon || Description || Notes
|-
|[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|40px]] || [[Victoria Cross]] (VC) || 
* 16 August 1944
|-
|[[File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.png|40px]] || [[Order of the British Empire]] (GBE) ||
* Knight Grand Cross
* Civil Division
* [[1990 New Year Honours|1990 New Years Honours List]]
* <ref>{{cite web |title=Tasker Watkins' Citation as a GBE |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51981/supplement/7 |website=The London Gazette |access-date=22 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Knight-Bachelor.ribbon.png|40px]] || [[Knight Bachelor]] (Kt) ||
* 1971
|-
|[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|40px]] || [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Order of St John]] (K.StJ) ||
* Knight of Justice
* 1998
|-
|[[File:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png|40px]] || [[1939–1945 Star]] ||
|-
|[[File:France and Germany Star BAR.svg|40px]] || [[France and Germany Star]] ||
|-
|[[File:Defence Medal BAR.svg|40px]] || [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]] ||
|-
|[[File:Ribbon - War Medal.png|40px]] || [[War Medal 1939–1945|War Medal]] ||
|-
|[[File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]] ||
* 1953
|-
|[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal]] ||
* 1977
* UK version of this medal
|-
|[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] ||
* 2002
* UK version of this medal
|-
|}

Watkins was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1971. He was made a member of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] in 1980. Appointed [[Knight Grand Cross]] of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (GBE) in 1990 and [[Knight of Justice of the Order of St John]] (K.StJ) in 1998,<ref name="WRU1"/> on 12 April 2006 he was made a [[Freedom of the City|Freeman]] of the City of Cardiff, with [[Lord Mayor]] Freda Salway describing Watkins as "one of Wales' most notable citizens."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4904918.stm Sir Tasker given freeman honour] BBC Wales – 12 April 2006</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Lord-Mayor/honorary-freedom/Documents/freedom%20roll%20list%20June%202014.pdf|title=HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF CARDIFF|website=Cardiff.gov.uk|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref>

His VC and other honours are on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London.

===Appointments===
* [[Deputy lieutenant]] of [[Glamorgan]] (4 May 1956)<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions County of Glamorgan |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40774/page/2710 |website=The London Gazette |access-date=22 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Honorary Fellow]] of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]] (1992)
* President of the [[University of Wales College of Medicine]] (1987–1998)
* President of the [[Royal British Legion]] in Wales (1947–1968)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/10/guardianobituaries.law|title=Obituary: Sir Tasker Watkins, VC|first=James|last=Morton|date=9 September 2007|access-date=28 February 2019|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>
* President of the [[Welsh Rugby Union]] (1993–2004)
* Vice President of the [[Victoria Cross and George Cross Association]] (2002–2007)

===Honorary degrees===
Watkins was awarded several [[honorary degrees]], including
*[[University of Wales]], [[LL. D.]] (1976)
*[[University of Glamorgan]], [[LL. D.]] (1996)
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2018}}

===Statue===
A statue of Watkins was commissioned to stand outside Gate C of the [[Millennium Stadium]]. The statue, nine feet tall, was sculpted by [[Llantwit Major]] based sculptor Roger Andrews.  The [[Welsh Assembly|Assembly Government]] contributed £25,000, among other contributions.<ref name="Sir Tasker Watkins statue unveiled"/>