Talk:Thomas Benjamin Watkins

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Canon T.B. Watkins

... that Canon Thomas Benjamin Watkins (pictured) received one of the first enemy bombs of World War I in his garden at Dover?

Source: "Memorial to Canon Watkins. Stained glass window at St James' Church". Dover Express. 31 July 1936. p. 17 cols 2-4. Retrieved 4 November 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive. - "[During the First World War] he had the experience .. of receiving ... one of the first bombs in his garden". quoted in article with the above citation.

- ALT1: ... that Canon Thomas Benjamin Watkins (pictured) founded St John's Church, in Herne Bay, Kent, England? Source: "Former vicar of Herne Bay, Canon T.B. Watkins. Funeral at Eddington". Herne Bay Press. 24 June 1933. p. 1 col.5. Retrieved 31 October 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive. It was mentioned at the meeting that Canon Watkins had worked twelve years for the building of St John's Church, and that it had been completed, and paid for.
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- Comment: ~~Second review pending~~.QPQs now complete

Created by Storye book (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 127 past nominations.

Storye book (talk) 11:27, 13 November 2026 (UTC).Reply

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:49, 13 November 2026 (UTC)Reply