http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6985799.stm
War hero Sir Tasker Watkins dies
Sir Tasker Watkins, one of Britain's greatest war heroes, recipient of the Victoria Cross and an eminent retired judge, has died at the age of 88.
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan said he was "one of the outstanding Welshmen of the 20th Century".
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At just 25 and while serving as a lieutenant, he became the first Welshman in World War II to be awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest honour for gallantry, for an assault on a German machine-gun post in northern France.
War hero Sir Tasker Watkins dies
Sir Tasker Watkins, one of Britain's greatest war heroes, recipient of the Victoria Cross and an eminent retired judge, has died at the age of 88.
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan said he was "one of the outstanding Welshmen of the 20th Century".
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At just 25 and while serving as a lieutenant, he became the first Welshman in World War II to be awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest honour for gallantry, for an assault on a German machine-gun post in northern France.
